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