11 facts about Dinosaurs

11 facts about Dinosaurs

1. Dinosaurs roamed the earth for 165 million years.

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2. Dinosaurs were reptiles. Like the reptiles alive today, Dinosaurs hatched from eggs.

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3. Many Dinosaurs were very big. Allosaurus was 40 feet long and 17 feet tall.

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4. Dinosaurs such as iguanodon had a sharp thumb claw for ripping off leaves.

5. The word “Dinosaurs” means terrible lizard.

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6. Dinosaurs such as plateosaurus is plant-eating dinosaurs and can grow up to 8 meters long.

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7. Argentinosaurus was one of the largest Dinosaurs that ever lived and was 40 meters from head to tail.

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8. Tyrannosaurus rex – known as T-rex for short –is one of the scariest Dinosaurs.

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9. Giganotosaurus was even bigger than T-rex - it is the largest meat-eating Dinosaur and can carry more than 8 tonnes of weight.

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10. Small meat-eating Dinosaurs are called “raptors”.

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11. Some Dinosaurs could run very fast – up to 80 kilometers an hour

11. Some Dinosaurs could run very fast – up to 80 kilometers an hour