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Dinosaurs
Recognized Dinosaur Species
Question | Answer |
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Dreadnoughtus | Once competed for world's biggest dinosaur |
Tyrannosaurus rex | It was once thought to have been the world's biggest land carnivore, until Spinosaurus and Giganotosaurus were discovered. T-rex probably did not roar. |
Halszkaraptor | Thought to have been one of three dinosaurs that could swim, it is in its own genus |
Asteriornis | Not a true dinosaur, related to modern chickens. It was a type of closely-related-to-dinosaur bird. |
Giganotosaurus | Thought to have been the worlds biggest carnivore by many people because of movies, but Spinosaurus was probably bigger |
Velociraptor | Only the size of a big chicken, and may not have hunted in packs at all. Velociraptors shown in Jurassic Park would be Deinonychus in real life. |
Masiakiasaurus | Had the most crazy teeth of any dinosaur, they pointed out of its head, and used them to catch fish |
Chicken | The most closely related relative to the extinct dinosaurs, the Ostrich is second |
Stygimoloch | May not be a true dinosaur species, may have been the same species as Dracorex and Pachycephalosaurus |
Caihong Juji | Thought to be the world's first rainbow dinosaur, the feathers were examined and were thought to have been the colors of the rainbow. |
Amargasaurus | Was a sauropod (long necked dinosaur) that had sails along it's neck |
Megalosaurus | The first dinosaur to ever be discovered and named |
Mosasaurus | It is thought to be a water dinosaur, but is not even a dinosaur at all. It was a marine reptile that could grow to over 60 feet long. |
Mamenchisaurus | Had the longest neck of any dinosaur, over half of it's body was just neck. |
Nevadadromeus | The only dinosaur that is unique to Nevada. |
Utahraptor | Named after where it was found, in Utah, where 1/7 of all dinosaurs have been discovered. It was the largest raptor ever, growing up to 25 feet. |