Mosasaurus

The Mosasaurus was discovered 1784, at the Meuse River, what it was named after. It lived in the Cretaceous Period about 70 million years to 66 million years ago. Mosasaurus means "Meuse Lizard", cause like I said it was discovered at the Meuse River. Though it was discovered 1784, It wasn't found rapidly until 1770. Mosasaurus is a type of Mosasaur, a group of extinct reptiles that lived at the time of dinosaurs. Just like Pterosaurs, it is NOT A DINOSAUR. Mosasaurus is most likely the most popular extinct aquatic reptile, because it is a star in Jurassic World. It is actually a lot smaller than shown in the film, but was huge.



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Utahraptor

Being the largest raptor to roam the earth, the Utahraptor was discovered 1991 in the USA, Utah. It lived about 125 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period. It has only a single species, Utahraptor Ostrommaysorum. It along with the previously posted Velociraptor, is part of the group known as Dromaeosauridae. The Utahraptor like the smaller Velociraptor, did have feathers. It was almost actually named after Steven Speilburg, the director to Jurassic Park. This dinosaur sadly does not get as much respect as it deserves.




http://mentalfloss.com/article/62065/10-fearsome-facts-about-utahraptor

Carnotaurus

 The Carnotaurus was discovered 1984 at Argentina. The Carnotaurus is actually my favorite dinosaur. The Carnotaurus lived 72 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period. It's horns lots of people think were for fighting it's prey. But that's not the case at all! They were actually used to identify who was who. Did you know that only one skeleton of this dinosaur has ever been found. But it was so well preserved that it was enough to understand the dinosaur. Carnotaurus means "meat eating bull", because it had horns on it's head like a bull, and it was a carnivore. There is only one species of Carnotaurus, Carnotaurus Sastrei. It's arms were smaller than the Tyrannosaurus rex's. It also had small pieces of armor running down it's back.



https://www.deviantart.com/vytor/art/carnotaurus-7116412

Stegosaurus

The popular Stegosaurus was discovered in 1876 in Colorado, USA. It's name means "Roof Lizard" cause "Stego" means roof in greek, and "Saurus" means lizard. It lived in the Jurassic period 155 million to 150 million years ago in modern day Western USA and Portugal. This dinosaur is an herbivore, or, " Plant Eater". There are only three species that are recognized to all scientists.  Stegosaurus Stenops, Stegosaurus Ungulatus, and Stegosaurus Sulcatus. Over 80 specimens of this dinosaur have been found. Its main enemies are Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus. It's friends would include Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and Brachiosaurus.



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Pterodactyl

The famous Pterodactyl was discovered in 1784 in Bolivia by Cosimo Alessandro Colloni, an Italian scientist. Pterodactyl was the first pterosaur ever to be discovered. The Pterodactyl lived in the Early Jurassic Period about 150 million to 145 million years ago. The Pterodactyl is actually also known as Pterodactylus. But is commonly referred to as Pterodactyl. The Pterodactyl {like another similar pterosaur that we'll get to} has a referred to as a "harpoon" shaped crest. Did you know Pterodactyl {and all other Pterosaurs] are NOT DINOSAURS? It's true! pterosaurs are not dinosaurs because dinosaurs don't fly, so they could not put it in the dinosaur group once it was named, so they called it a new group, Pterosaurs, or flying reptiles.




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Velociraptor

The famous Velociraptor, was discovered 1924. It was also named,1924. The Velociraptor has two species. Velociraptor  Mongoliensis, and Velociraptor Osmolskae. Velociraptor is actually confirmed to have had feathers, thanks to fossils. Velociraptor was discovered at Mongolia. It lived in the Cretaceous Period about 75 million to 71 million years ago. So there wouldn't be any fights between it and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Though they did live at the same time period, they lived about 8 million years apart. Velociraptor Osmolskae was actually discovered on the border mark between China and Mongolia, and was named in 2008 for having a different skull material then most other dinosaurs. It's six inch toe claw some scientists think was actually not used for battle, but for showing it's age, but most scientists disagree and say it was used for battle, at the moment, it's confirmed it was used for battle. A lot of people say it was part of the Raptor group, like I once did. But it turns out there is no such thing. It is part of a group known as Dromaeosaurids group. It is actually only the size of a large turkey, not six feet like in Jurassic Park. The Velociraptor was named by Henry F. Osborn.



http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2014/gibbs_eliz/interactions.htm

Euoplocephalus

   The Euoplocephalus was discovered in 1879, at Alberta, Canada. It lived in the late Cretaceous Period about 67 million years ago. It is one of the largest Ankylosaurs found. In 1902, it was named Stereocephalus. But in 1910 was changed to Euoplocephalus because the word "Stereo" was already given to a type of insect. Pretty cool if you ask me. It like all Ankylosaurs is an Hebivorous Dinosaur. It only has one species, Euoplocephalus Tutus.



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Brachiosaurus

   The Brachiosaurus was discovered in western Colorado in the year 1900. Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, or long-necked dinosaurs. It, like all sauropods is an herbivore. Did you know that there are more herbivore dinosaurs discovered than carnivore dinosaurs. I think it's pretty cool. The Brachiosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period, so it wouldn't have ever met up with the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Since it lived in the Cretaceous Period. Back to the Brachiosaurus. The name Brachiosaurus means "Deep Chest', since it had a large belly. It had a large belly so it had room for Gastroliths. Gastroliths are rocks, that the Brachiosaurus swallows to grind up it's food in it's belly since it could not chew up it's food. But it was not teethless. It had teeth so it could tear of branches from their tree trunks. Did you know the Brachiosaurus had larger front legs thhan back legs? The most well known species of Brachiosaurus is Brachiosaurus Altithorax. It's living time in the Jurassic Period was about 154 million to 153 million years, ago.




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Tyrannosaurus Rex

 Tyrannosaurus Rex is a genus of therapod dinosaur. Tyrannosaurus Rex means "Tyrant King", now you know  why they call him the king of the dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurus Rex was discovered in the year 1902 by the famous Barnum Brown and is now mostly found in Montana. Tyrannosaurus Rex is most likely the most popular dinosaur of all time. It has starred in movies like Jurassic World. Scientists, actually think, that the Tyrannosaurus Rex, might have had feathers! That could actually might have been true, here are my thoughts. I think it could have had feathers to keep warm in the winter, it is a cold-blooded reptile after all. It also could have had feathers to show-off to female Tyrannosaurus Rex's. But we can't use up all this time talking about feathers. At it's time, north America was weirdly shaped and did not look like what it looks like today, it wasn't connected to south America/Africa yet! This continent/island is now known as laramidia. It's species only existed about 68 million to 66 million years ago, none of the dinosaurs lived through their whole time period, just a part of it. It is one of the last tyrannosaurids to die out. About 66 million years ago. And in conclusion, I think I should tell you that dinosaur means "Terrible Lizard", though not all are terrible.




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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2017/06/06/just-say-no-to-feathered-tyrannosaurs/#.W6ZbzeRe6Hs

Hi I am Parkersaurus

   Hi, my name is Parkersaurus, I am 10 years old. I have a pet fish named Malcolm. In this blog/website, you will learn anything I can teach you about the prehistoric beasts, DINOSAURS! I will be doing creatures from before the dinosaurs, NO Ice Age. Fun fact, I've loved Dinosaurs since I was two years old! I also like MARVEL, sonic, legos, pokemon, and Jurassic World. I DON'T LIKE STAR WARS! I hope you enjoy this site/blog. I will try to stick to a schedule of one dino per day. Send requests to see what you guys want to know about. The links are to show you where I got the picture from. DO NOT CLICK THE LINKS! Enjoy!