When did dinosaurs live The first dinosaurs lived about 240 million years ago long before there were people Dinosaurs evolved from other animals called dinosauromorphs They were cat sized reptiles I'm a dinosauromorph When an animal evolves it changes over time so it can survive in a changing world I'm one of the first dinosaurs I lived about 230 million years ago Herrerasaurus Tarbosaurus i'm one of the last dinosaurs I roamed the planet 70 million years ago 4
Being PANGAEA Were all dinosaurs huge Dinosaurs came in all shapes and sizes The largest ones were called titanosaurs They were more than 66 feet 20 m long and weighed as much as six elephants I’m one of the biggest dinosaurs ever Can you guess where in the world I came from Argentinosaurus This tiny terror is Microraptor It was just 16 to 24 inches 40 to 60 centimeters long helps me to glide small from t rees Where did they live The first dinosaurs lived on Pangaea a single giant slab of land The world was very hot and dry and there was just one ocean called Panthalassa Dinosaurs could walk all the way from the North Pole to the South Pole We call this time in Earth’s history the Triassic 5
Who would be at a dino party Dinosaurs were reptiles so they might invite other reptiles These baby Maiasaura have just hatched so they are sharing their birthday party Can you spot which guests are not dinosaurs Maiasaura Who looked after the babies Maiasaura moms took good care of their nests eggs and young They protected them from hungry Troodon Watch out kids that hungry Troodon has its big eyes on you Troodon was an intelligent dinosaur with big eyes and sharp claws 6
Carcharodontosaurus shark tooth lizard Tyrannosaurus rex tyrant lizard king Guanlong crown dragon Maiasaura good mother lizard Triceratops three horned face Torosaurus bull lizard Mei long sleeping dragon Why do dinos have such strange names Dinosaur names are often made up of more than one word Put together the words tell us more about the dinosaur Hey who is Tyrannosaurus rex Mei long was covered in birdlike feathers and may have been very colorful Did dinosaurs have fur No dinosaurs didn’t have fur but many of them had feathers The feathers were often fluffy but some dinosaurs grew long feathers like modern birds Fuzzy fluffy feathers kept dinosaurs warm Yutyrannus was up to 30 feet 9 m long and covered in fuzzy feathers 7
