An Ankylosaurus was an armored dinosaur with osteoderms or scutes all over the top of its body. These bony plates protected the Ankylosaurus from a Tyrannosaurus rex. The Ankylosaurus also had a...
Category: Cretaceous
You might not know the name Parasaurolophus, but you’ll recognize this iconic dino when you see it. The Parasaurolophus had a cranial crest that looked like a snorkel. It could use the cranial...
A Triceratops was a horned dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period. It lived in North America until dinos went extinct 66 million years ago. There were two species of Triceratops, T. horridus,...
The Leptoceratops was a small, strange-looking Cerapoda with a famous cousin. It lived in parts of Canada and Western North America. As a part-time quadruped, it sometimes shifted its weight onto its...
The Microraptor was a small, meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous era, almost 125 million years ago. Weighing in at only 2 pounds, it was one of the smallest non-avian creatures to...
The Styracosaurus was a horned dinosaur belonging to the Ceratopsia family of Ornithischia (bird-hipped) dinosaurs. The Ceratopsia family also included the Triceratops, which lived in the same time...