Dinosaurs
Kirsten Brown
Triassic Period
Coelophysis
Size- Between 0.8 - 3.1 metres long, just under 1 metre high at the hip Up to 35-40 kg
Teeth- Dozens of small serrated teeth
Legs- 2
Placerias
Thrinaxodon
Size: 40-50 centimetres long.
Known locations: South Africa. Antartica.
Postosuchus
Up to 6 metres long, able to rear up 2 metres tall
Just under a tonne
Peteinosaurus
Early pterosaur
Insectivore
Up to 60 cm wingspan
Up to 100 grams
Cene, Italian Alps
Plateosaurus
Dinosaur (Prosauropod)
Herbivore
9 metres long
4 tonnes
Germany, France, Switzerland
Jurassic Period
Diplodocus
Allosaurus
Ornitholestes
Type
Carnivore, possibly also a scavengerLived When
Jurassic (150 million years ago)Length
6 1/2 feetHeight
1 1/2 to 2 feet tallWeapons
Sharp teeth, and a powerful bite due to a strong skullDiet
Scientists aren't sure, but they THINK: lizards, small mammals, possibly birds; it may have fed on the dead bodies of other animals tooHabitat
Forest, fossil found in WyomingStegosaurus
Type
Large plant-eating dinosaurLived When
Late Jurassic (154 to 144 million years ago)Length
Up to 30 feet (average is 20-23 feet)Weight
Up to 2 tonsWeapons
Strong tail with two pair of pointed spikes.Diet
Soft vegetationHabitat
U.S. Midwest (Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah)Brachiosaurus
Anurognath
Pterosaur
Insectivore
Up to 50 cm wingspan, 9 cm body
Between 3 - 7 grams
Only one fossil from Bavaria
Dryosaurus
Othnielia
Species: O. rex.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain but probably somewhere in the region of 1.5 to 2 meters long.
Ophthalmosaurus
Species: O. icenicus (type), O. natans, O. saveljeviensis, O. yasykovi.
Diet: Piscivore, possibly a specialist in deep water squid.
Size: Up to 6 meters long.
Known locations: Europe, North America.
Time period: Bathonian through to Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Liopleurodon
Up to 25 Metres
Up to 150 tonnes
UK ,Germany
Eustreptospondylus
Up to 5 metres long
Up to 500kg
Oxford, England
Cryptoclidus
Habitat:
Shallow oceans off Europe
Historical Period:
Late Jurassic (165-150 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
About 25 feet long and 8 tons
Diet:
Fish and crustaceans
Distinguishing Features:
Long neck; flat head with numerous sharp teeth
Rhamphorhynchus
Up to 2 m wingspan
Up to 1 m body length
Up to 20 kg
Hybodus
Species: H. houtienensis.
Type: Type: Carnivore.
Size: Up to 2 meters long.
Known locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Changhsingian of the Permian through to the Berriasian of the Cretaceou
Perisphinctes
Leptolepis
Species: L. bronni (type), L. africana, L. brodei, L. valdensis.
Type: Plankton feeder.
Size: 30 centimetres long.
Known locations: Worldwide.
Time period: Jurassic to Cretaceous.
Ornithocheirus
Utahraptor
Dakotadon
Iguanodon
Tapejara
Species: T. wellnhoferi (type).
Diet: Although usually depicted as a piscivore, Tapejara is sometimes considered to be a Frugivore.
Size: 3.5 meter wingspan.
Known locations: Brazil - Santana Formation.
Time period: Albian of the Cretaceous.
Polacanthus
Habitat:
Woodlands of Western Europe
Historical Period:
Early-Middle Cretaceous (130-110 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
About 12 feet long and one ton
Diet:
Plants
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Small head; sharp spikes lining neck, back and tail
Iberomesornis
Species: I. romerali (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: About 20 centimetres wingspan.
Known locations: Spain, Cuenca Province - Calizas de La Huerguina Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Saurophthirus
Pterosaurs
Leaellynasaura
Herbivore
Up to 2 metres long
Up to 10 kilograms
Australia, Antarctica
Koolasuchus
Polar Allosaur
AttributesSmaller version of Allosaurus; large body; strong jaws
DietMuttaburrasaurus; Leaellynasaura; other animals
Fossil findsAustralia
Antarctica
Temporal fossil rangeCretaceous
106mya
Muttaburrasaurus
Dinosaur (ornithopod)
Up to 9 metres long
Up to 4 tonnes
Australia
Steropodon
Giant Weta
Tuatara
Adult tuatara range from about 300g to 1kg.
They are the only surviving members of the order Sphenodontia, which was well represented by many species during the age of the dinosaurs, some 200 million years ago. All species exept for the tuatara declined and eventually became extinct about 60 million years ago.
Tyrannosauraus rex
Edmontosaurus
Species: E. regalis, E. annectens.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Adults from 9 to as much as 12 meters long. Largest individuals potentially up to 13 meters long. The species E. annectens used to be widely considered as being smaller than E. regalis, but fossil analysis starting from the early twenty-first century has now hinted that E. annectens was probably of a similar size to E. regalis.
Known locations: Canada, Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the USA, including the state of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Ankylosaurus
Deinosuchus
Species: D. rugosus (type).
Type: Carnivore.
Size: Estimated at around 10 meters long. Some estimates push this to 12 meters long, but lack of complete fossil material leaves the exact size unknown.
Known locations: USA. Mexico.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Didelphodon
Scientific name :Didelphodon vorax
Name meaning :Opossum tooth
Time period :Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary
Primary diet :Omnivore
Dinilysia
AttributesEarliest python to appear
DietMeat
Fossil findsNorth America
Temporal fossil rangeCretaceous
65mya
Dromaeosaurus
Type
Carnivore, predator, possibly scavengerLived When
Late Cretaceous (76-72 million years ago)Weight
33 poundsHeight
1.5 feet tall (at hips)Length
6 feetWeapons
Sharp teeth, sickle-shaped clawsDiet
MeatHabitat
Western United States; Alberta, CanadaQuetzalcoatlus
Habitat:
Skies of North America
Historical Period:
Late Cretaceous (70-65 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
Wingspan of 30 feet and 200-300 pounds
Diet:
Fish and meat
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Large size; narrow wings; long, pointed beak