| Tyannosaurus was
the largest carniverous animal ever known on earth. With its knife-like
teeth, huge jaws, length of 50 feet and 6 to 8 ton weight, it did not hesitate
to attack even the very large Brontosaurus. It is sometimes called
the "king of the dinosaurs". |
Triceratops lived
in the late Cretaceous Period and was a plant eater. The skull, including
the three horns and bony frill above the neck, was about 6-1/2 feet long
on an animal about 20 feet in length. |
Stegosaurus was
an early armored dinosaur which lived in the Turassic Period. The
tail, stiff armor plates standing up from his high curved backbone were
hard for an enemy to bite. And his tail with its sharp two-foot spikes
looked less inviting. He was over 20 feet long and fed on plants. |
| Ankylosaurus was
an armored dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period and fed on soft
vegetation. He had a wide, flat body and his back was covered with
thick plates of bone and around the edge of his armor coat he wore a long
set of spikes. His long tail had a heavy knot on the end that he
could swing like a club. |
Brontosaurus
was a peace loving plant eater of the Turassic Period.
He weighed 30 tons and was 67 feet long from nose to tail tip. He
lived in and about marshes and was most comfortable in water, with the
weight off his feet. |
Trachodon was
a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in and about water, eating plants in
the Cretaceous Period. He alternately walked on all fours or stood
on his two hind legs leaning back on his tail for balance. |
