#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Tyrannosaurus rex A giant meat-eater with a huge head and tiny arms (Say: tie-RAN-oh-SORE-us) fun-dinosaurs Triceratops A plant-eater with three horns and a bony frill (Say: try-SER-uh-tops) fun-dinosaurs Stegosaurus A plant-eater with plates on its back and spikes on its tail fun-dinosaurs Velociraptor A small, fast, feathered hunter about the size of a turkey fun-dinosaurs Brachiosaurus A tall plant-eater with a long neck and front legs longer than back legs fun-dinosaurs Diplodocus A very long dinosaur with a whip-like tail fun-dinosaurs Ankylosaurus A plant-eater with armor and a clubbed tail fun-dinosaurs Spinosaurus A huge meat-eater with a sail on its back that hunted fish fun-dinosaurs Allosaurus A big meat-eater that lived before T. rex fun-dinosaurs Parasaurolophus A duck-billed dinosaur with a long hollow crest fun-dinosaurs Pachycephalosaurus A dinosaur with a thick, domed skull fun-dinosaurs Iguanodon A plant-eater with thumb spikes fun-dinosaurs Compsognathus A tiny meat-eater about the size of a chicken fun-dinosaurs Apatosaurus A giant long-necked plant-eater once called Brontosaurus fun-dinosaurs Argentinosaurus One of the largest dinosaurs ever found, from Argentina fun-dinosaurs Giganotosaurus A giant meat-eater from South America fun-dinosaurs Archaeopteryx A feathered animal that links dinosaurs and birds fun-dinosaurs Carnotaurus A meat-eater with horns above its eyes fun-dinosaurs Dilophosaurus A meat-eater with two crests on its head fun-dinosaurs Gallimimus A fast, ostrich-like dinosaur fun-dinosaurs Maiasaura A duck-billed dinosaur called 'good mother lizard' that cared for its young fun-dinosaurs Protoceratops A small horned relative of Triceratops fun-dinosaurs Styracosaurus A dinosaur with a frill of long spikes fun-dinosaurs Therizinosaurus A dinosaur with enormous claws fun-dinosaurs Utahraptor A big raptor with a large sickle claw fun-dinosaurs Oviraptor A feathered dinosaur with a toothless beak fun-dinosaurs Herrerasaurus One of the earliest known dinosaurs fun-dinosaurs Plateosaurus An early long-necked plant-eater fun-dinosaurs Coelophysis A slim, fast early meat-eater fun-dinosaurs Edmontosaurus A large duck-billed plant-eater fun-dinosaurs Camarasaurus A big long-necked plant-eater with a boxy head fun-dinosaurs Baryonyx A fish-eating dinosaur with a long snout and big claws fun-dinosaurs Deinonychus A clawed hunter that helped show dinosaurs were like birds fun-dinosaurs Mamenchisaurus A dinosaur with one of the longest necks fun-dinosaurs Kentrosaurus A spiky cousin of Stegosaurus fun-dinosaurs Ceratosaurus A meat-eater with a horn on its nose fun-dinosaurs What is a fossil? The remains or print of a plant or animal preserved in rock fun-dinosaurs What is a paleontologist? A scientist who studies fossils and ancient life fun-dinosaurs Herbivore An animal that eats only plants fun-dinosaurs Carnivore An animal that eats meat fun-dinosaurs Omnivore An animal that eats both plants and meat fun-dinosaurs Mesozoic Era The time of the dinosaurs fun-dinosaurs Triassic Period The first of the three dinosaur periods fun-dinosaurs Jurassic Period The middle dinosaur period, with giants like Diplodocus fun-dinosaurs Cretaceous Period The last dinosaur period, home of T. rex and Triceratops fun-dinosaurs Did dinosaurs live with people? No, dinosaurs died out about 66 million years ago fun-dinosaurs What are dinosaurs' living relatives? Birds fun-dinosaurs What probably ended the age of the dinosaurs? A huge asteroid hit the Earth and changed the climate fun-dinosaurs Dinosaur eggs Dinosaurs laid eggs, like birds and reptiles fun-dinosaurs Coprolite Fossilized dinosaur dung that tells us what they ate fun-dinosaurs Dinosaur footprints Fossil tracks show how dinosaurs walked fun-dinosaurs What does 'dinosaur' mean? Terrible lizard fun-dinosaurs Pterosaurs Flying reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but were not dinosaurs fun-dinosaurs Pteranodon A flying reptile with a long head crest fun-dinosaurs Plesiosaurs Sea reptiles with long necks; not dinosaurs fun-dinosaurs Mosasaurus A giant sea reptile that lived near the end of the dinosaur age fun-dinosaurs Ichthyosaurus A dolphin-shaped sea reptile fun-dinosaurs Mammoth A woolly elephant relative from the Ice Age, long after the dinosaurs fun-dinosaurs Sabertooth cat An Ice Age cat with long fangs, not a dinosaur fun-dinosaurs Dimetrodon A sail-backed animal that lived before dinosaurs fun-dinosaurs Quetzalcoatlus One of the biggest flying animals ever, a pterosaur fun-dinosaurs Sauropod A giant long-necked plant-eating dinosaur fun-dinosaurs Theropod A two-legged dinosaur group that includes T. rex and birds fun-dinosaurs Ornithopod A group of plant-eaters like Iguanodon and duck-bills fun-dinosaurs Ceratopsian A horned and frilled dinosaur group such as Triceratops fun-dinosaurs Where was the first T. rex 'Sue' found? South Dakota, in the United States fun-dinosaurs