Over the next few weeks we week we will be writing a report about a dinosaur.
Your task this week is to find out information about a dinosaur of your choice. You must gather information that you can include in your report, such as:
- where they lived
- when they lived
- what they ate
- what they looked like
- any interesting or unusual facts
You may find these websites useful. Please ask for a parent's permission before using the internet.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/dinosaurs/
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/dinosaurs/
Dinosaurs lived during the Triassic Period, about 230 million years ago.Some dinosaurs eat other dinosaurs are herbavals.Dinosaur skulls had large holes that made there skulls lighter.Some of the largest skulls were as long as a car.Dinosaurs lived on all the continents, including Antarctica.
ReplyDeleteFrom Mahirah
• You pronounce their name 'dip-lod-ic-uss'.
ReplyDelete• The meaning of their name is 'double beamed lizard'.
• They lived at the end of the Jurassic Period.
• They are the longest known dinosaur.
• Their length was up to 27 metres (88 feet)
• They weighed about 12 tons (as much as a large truck).
They lived about 154 to 150 million years ago - in the late Jurassic period. This was about the same time as the Stegosaurus dinosaur and the Allosaurus.
Diplodocus had very powerful back legs! Its body was balanced by a long heavy tail - often used as a weapon against attackers. Their size would also have been a deterrent to predators.
It is thought to be the longest known dinosaur. The neck could reach over 6m (20ft) and its long tail had 80 vertebrae. It was first thought that the tail dragged along as it walked - but no drag marks have been found beside fossilized footprints.
They had a very small head compared to the size of its body and would have had a very small brain. According to wikipedia, scientists now think that it would have not been able to lift it's head much higher than its body. So a lot of the earlier drawings of this dinosaur with its head at tree level would be wrong.
They weighed from 10 to 15 tons - as much as a large truck. Although heavy, they were not the heaviest dinosaur. The Brachiosaurus weighed around 30 tons!
BY HASSAAN
Stegoceras
ReplyDeleteIt lived 75,000,000 years ago. It lived in North America. It ate plants. It looked like a boneheaded dinosaur.
Ammosaurus
ReplyDeleteThis dinosaur lived in the USA 195 - 180 million years ago.
It was herbivorous which means it only eats plants.
It had a long tail and neck- it looks a bit like a giraffe.
Ammosaurus means sand lizard!
-Amelia
Facts
ReplyDeleteYou pronounce their name 'dip-lod-ic-uss'.
The meaning of their name is 'double beamed lizard'.
They lived at the end of the Jurassic Period.
They are the longest known dinosaur.
Their length was up to 27 metres (88 feet)
They weighed about 12 tons (as much as a large truck).