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Tyrannosaurus rex
Name means: "tyrant lizard
king"
Length: 40 feet (14 meters)
Weight: 7.5 tons
Time: Late
Cretaceous (65 million years ago)
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/knollses/dinosaurs/trex.htm
Brachiosaurus
http://users.tellurian.com/teach/dinosaur/brachiosaurus.jpg
Meaning of Name Arm Lizard
Size
40-50 feet tall and 85 feet long
Weight
50-80 tons
Features
- long neck, small head, and relatively short, thick tail
- front legs were longer than its hind legs
- very long neck
- nostrils were on the top of its
head
Lived
Middle to Late Jurassic Period
Diet plant eater
Locomotion walked on four
legs
Where
Found Grand River Valley, in western Colorado
and in Tanzania, Africa
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/dinosaurs/brachiosaurus.htm
Struthiomimus
Struthiomimus
Struthiomimus
(ostrich mimic) was a two-legged omnivore. It had long legs for running, a
slender neck, a small head, paper-thin skull bones, large eye sockets, a
toothless beak, short back, longer shins than thighs, and three toes with claws
on each foot. Struthiomimus therefore strongly resembled an ostrich.
LIVED: 80 - 66 mya in the Cretaceous period in North
America
SIZE: Length 4m (13 ft). 2m
high.
WEIGHT: 150 kg (330 lb)
DIET:
Small animals and plants
http://www.tiac.wa.gov.au/forum/99entries/luketin/omnivore.htm
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