Animals

Muttaburrasaurus

MUTTABURRASAURUS (MUTT-ah-BURR-ah-SORE-us) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontidae Location: Australia Length: 23 feet (7 meters) The “reptile…

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Monoclonius

MONOCLONIUS (MON-oh-KLONE-ee-us) Period: Late Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Ornithischia, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsidae Location: North America (Canada, United States) Length: 20 feet…

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Wuerhosaurus

WUERHOSAURUS (woo-AIR-oh-SORE-us) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauridae Location: Asia (People’s Republic of China) Length: 20 feet…

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Tenontosaurus

TENONTOSAURUS (teh-NON-toh-SORE-us) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, and Family: Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hypsilophodontidae Location: North America (United States) Length: 22 feet…

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Psittacosaurus

PSITTACOSAURUS (sie-TACK-oh-SORE-us) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Psittacosauridae Location: Asia (Mongolian People’s Republic, People’s Republic of China,…

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Ouranosaurus

OURANOSAURUS (oo-RAN-oh-SORE-us) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, and Family: Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontidae Location: Africa (Niger) Length: 23 feet (7 meters)…

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Iguanodon

IGUANODON (ih-GWAN-oh-DON) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontidae Location: Europe (England, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain), North America…

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How Deinonychus Upended the Way We Look at Dinosaurs

By the 2010s, it was a well-established art trope. Tenontosaurus was a 20-foot (6-meter) herbivorous dinosaur that roamed North America…

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Carnotaurus

CARNOTAURUS (CAR-noh-TORE-us) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Saurischia, Theropoda, Abelisauridae Location: South America (Argentina) Size: 21 feet (6.5 meters)…

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Baryonyx

BARYONYX (BEAR-ee-ON-icks) Period: Early Cretaceous Order, Suborder, Family: Saurischia, Theropoda, Spinosauridae Location: Europe (England), Africa (Niger) Length: 31 feet (9.4…

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