Dinosaurs

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BRACHIOSAURUS

VELOCIRAPTOR

TYRANNOSAURUS REX

TRICERATOPS

NAME MEANS: Arm lizard

LIVED: 145–156 million years ago (mid–late Jurassic period)

FOUND IN: North America and Tanzania

DIET: Plant eater (it probably ate the tops of trees)

SIZE: 25 metres long and 13 metres tall

FEATURES: Its nostrils were on the top of its head

NAME MEANS: Speedy thief

LIVED: 80–85 million years ago (late Cretaceous period)

FOUND IN: Mongolia, Russia and China

DIET: Meat eater (it hunted in packs)

SIZE: 2 metres long and 1 metre tall

FEATURES: It could run up to 60km an hour; it had a 9cm claw on the middle toe of each foot

NAME MEANS: Tyrant lizard king

LIVED: 65–85 million years ago (late Cretaceous period)

FOUND IN: USA, Canada and Mongolia

DIET: Meat eater (it hunted alone)

SIZE: 12 metres long and 6 metres tall

FEATURES: It could eat 230kg of meat and bones in one bite

NAME MEANS: Three-horned face

LIVED: 65–72 million years ago (late Cretaceous period)

FOUND IN: USA and Canada

DIET: Plant eater (it probably ate low-lying plants)

SIZE: 9 metres long and 3 metres tall

FEATURES: It had three horns on its face; its head was nearly one third the length of its body