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Dinosaurs Big and Small

Dinosaurs: When did dinosaurs live, and why did they die out?

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Dinosaurs came in many sizes and shapes.

Birds are dinosaurs. They are alive today.

A Tyrannosaurus rex had about 60 big, sharp teeth.

A Triceratops had three horns on its big skull.

A Stegosaurus swung its spiked tail to defend itself.

An Ankylosaurus ate plants. Its tail ended in a heavy club.

A Spinosaurus ate fish. Its narrow snout was good for trapping them.

Flying pterosaurs and sea reptiles were not dinosaurs.

The Dimetrodon had a sail. It was not a dinosaur.

Only birds survived when the rest died out.

Words to know

  • snout: long nose
  • skull: head bones
  • narrow: thin, not wide

The dinosaur wing

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