Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Dinosaur hip bones.

Dinosaurs are divided in two major groups saurischian which is lizard hipped and ornithischian which is bird hipped.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Dinosaur Facts

Eustreptospondylus

length: 23 feet

lived: England

diet: meat


Ornitholestes

length: 7 feet

weight: 33 pounds

lived: North America

diet: meat

Megalosaurus

lived: England

weight: 2,000 pounds

diet: meat

Dinosaur Facts

Here is some facts about dinosaurs.


Dilophsaurus (the one in the back)
Length: 40 feet
Weight: 12 000 pounds
Lived: North America during early Jurassic Period
Diet: Meat.
Baryonyx (the dinosaur in front)
Length: 30 feet
Lived: England during early Cretaceous Period
Diet: Meat




Velociraptor (the purple dinosaur)
Length: 5 feet
Weight: 65 pounds
Lived: Asia, China, Mongolia during late Cretaceous Period.
Diet: Meat

T-Rex (the brown dinosaur in the back)
Length: 40 feet
Weight: 12 000 pounds
Lived: North America during late Cretaceous period
Diet: Meat

Spinosaurus ( the green dinosaur in the back)
Length: 46 feet
Weight: 6 000 pounds
Lived: Egypt during Cretaceous
Diet: Meat


This is a T-Rex trying to eat me and my sister but luckily we managed to get away.



Styracosarurus
Length: 18 feet
Lived: Canada during the late Cretaceous period.
Diet: Plants

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Dinosaur Periods

There are 3 dinosaur periods the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.


The Triassic

In the Triassic period all the continents were in one big land mass. It was hot and there was lots of desert.


The Jurassic
North America drifted away from Eurasia. It was warm .

The Cretaceous
Land started to separate and it was very tropical. Some of the plants that started appear were conifer, water lilies, and magnolias.




I am making the Cretaceous Period.



This is the America during the Cretaceous Period.

About Me


Hi,
I am Alex and I am doing a dinosaur project. I am going to teach you about all kinds of dinosaurs. My favorite dinosaur is the Spinosaurus from the Cretaceous Period. I have spent a lot of time researching all kinds of dinosaurs in books and on the internet. All my work will be put in my Lap Book.