A Gallimimus looked more like an ostrich than a dino. Long legs, a long neck, a small head, and feathers earned this Late Cretaceous period dino the name “Chicken mimic.” Its most dinosaur-like...
Category: Cretaceous
A Corythosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur with a large bony crest on its head. Its name means “Helmet lizard.” This is because the bony crest looked like the Corinthian helmets worn by ancient...
The Pachyrhinosaurus was a large Ceratopsidae dinosaur that thrived in colder climates of North America during the late Cretaceous period. It had a large, boney nose it used as a weapon and could...
Deinonychus had a large talon on the second toe of each foot. Like other Raptors, Deinonychus walked on large back legs and had smaller forearms. Deinonychus was fast and could run up to 25...
A Baryonyx was a large Theropod dinosaur with a large claw on each thumb. Its mouth was narrow with lots of sharp, serrated teeth. The Baryonyx had useful forelimbs that could grasp fish and other...
A Giganotosaurus was one of the largest Theropods with a thick body and a heavy tail. Since Giga was gigantic, it’s sometimes mistakenly called a Gigantosaurus. Still, the Gigantosaurus was a...