Dinosaurs

by Mrs. Haberek’s First Grade 2007-08

ApatosaurusApatosaurus walked on four legs. It walked slowly and was 70-90 feet long. It was an herbivore. Its fossils were found in North America. It lived in the Jurassic Period. Apatosaurus had a long skull and a very tiny brain. Apatosaurus had a long whip-like tail for protection and four massive column-like legs.by Anthony

MegalosaurusMegalosaurus was a carnivore. It was 30 feet long. Megalosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period. It had a short neck. Megalosaurus was the fastest meat eater ever. Megalosaurus had sharp teeth and sharp claws. It’s fossils were found in England.by Brent

BrachiosaurusBrachiosaurus was a plant eater. They were herbivores and lived in Colorado and Tanzania. The Brachiosaurus was 85 feet long. Brachiosaurus had a long neck and a small head. They walked on four legs. The Brachiosaurus lived in the Cretaceous Period.

By Brian

DiplodocusDiplodocus was a plant eater. It didn’t have sharp teeth. It was ninety feet long. It lived in the Jurassic Period. The neck was long. Its fossils were found in Western USA. It moved slowly on four column-like legs. It had a whip-like tail and five toed feet. It protected itself with its thumb claws and its whip-like tail.by Brooke

StegosaurusStegosaurus was 26-30 feet long. Stegosaurus ate plants. It had small cheek teeth and a small brain the size of a walnut. Stegosaurus lived in the Jurassic Period. Stegosaurus fossils were found in Colorado. Stegosaurus had long plates on its spine for protection. Stegosaurus walked slowly on four legs.by Diana

TriceratopsTriceratops was a

plant eater. Triceratops was 30

feet long. Triceratops top two horns were up

to 10 feet long. Triceratops walked on

four short legs. He had a large bony

plate. He lived during the late Cretaceous Period. On his head

he had one short horn and two longer horns.

He was a slow dinosaur. He had legs with hood like claws. Triceratops had many cheek teeth. He also had powerful jaws. Triceratops fossils

were found in Saskatchewan,

Canada.by Dylan

LambeosaurusLambeosaurus was a

plant eater. His fossils were found in North

America – USA, Mexico, and Canada. He walked and ran on two legs. He was a

fast dinosaur. He ate pine needles and

leaves. He lived in the Cretaceous Period. He had webbed fingers, a bony crest beak, and a

crested duckbill to protect himself.

Lambeosaurus were 30 to 50 feet long.

by Gena

SupersaurusSupersaurus ate only plants

and conifers. They lived during the Jurassic Period.

Supersaurus was 54 feet tall and weighed up to 55 tons. They were one of the longest dinosaurs at 138 feet long.

They had one thumb claw on each toe. Their front legs

were shorter than their back legs. It had a 39 foot long neck and they were giant. They protected themselves by using their whip-like tail. Their fossils were found in

Colorado, USA. They walked slowly on four legs.

by Jessica

PachycephalosaurusPachycephalosaurus ate plants, seeds and fruit. It was an herbivore. An herbivore is a plant eater. It had a dome head. It did not run very fast. It ran on two legs. Pachycephalosaurus had powerful hands, and a long stiff heavy tail. Pachycephalosaurus had long hind legs. It had five clawed fingers on each hand. It lived during the Cretaceous Period. Its fossils were found in Montana, USA. Pachycephalosaurus was 15 feet long. It used it large dome head for ramming against predators.by Jordan

VelociraptorVelociraptor was a carnivore. He was 5 to 6 feet long. His fossils were found in Mongolia, Russia, and China. He walked on two slender legs and was a fast dinosaur. He lived in the Cretaceous Period. He had a stiff tail and clawed feet.by Kyle

IguanodonIguanodon was 30 feet long and the fossils were found in Belgium, Germany, North Africa, and the USA. It ran on two legs or walked on four legs. Iguanodon is relatively fast dinosaur. Iguanodon ate plants. It lived in the Cretaceous Period. It was toothless and had a horny beak. Iguanodons had thumb spikes and a flat stiff tail to protect themselves.byMikey

CompsognathusCompsognathus was a meat eater. Its fossils were found in Germany. Compsognathus walked on two long slender legs. It was fast. It lived in the Jurassic Period. It was 4.6 feet long. It protected itself with sharp teeth and clawed fingers. It could run away from danger with its long thin legs and three-toed feet. It ate small animals, insects, and lizards.by Olivia

GiganotosaurusGiganotosaurus

was a meat eater. He lived

in the Cretaceous

Period. They were 44 to 46 feet long. His fossils were

found in Argentina. It

protected itself with sharp

claws and 8 inch serrated

teeth. by Ryan H.

AnkylosaurusAnkylosaurus at plants. It was 25-35 feet long. Its fossils were found in Bolivia, South America. It lived in the Cretaceous Period. It was a hard armored dinosaur. It had four short legs and ran at a slow pace. It also had a club-like tail and spikes all along his body with bony plates for protection.by Ryan L.

KentrosaurusKentrosaurus was a plant eater. He lived in the Jurassic Period. His fossils were found in Africa. He protected himself by using his spikes. He had hoof-like claws too. Kentrosaurus weighed about 2 tons. It had a small brain. Kentrosaurus had two rows of bony plates and a double row of spikes. Kentrosaurus walked slowly on four legs.by Sheila

OrnithomimusOrnithomimus was 15-20 feet long. His fossils were found in North America. They ate plants and reptiles and insects. Ornithomimus looked like an ostrich and had three clawed fingers and a long tail for fast turns. Ornithomimus lived in the Cretaceous Period.by Trevor

PentaceratopsPentaceratops was a plant eater. Pentaceratops lived in the Cretaceous Period. Pentaceratops had a frill on its head. Pentaceratops ate cycads, palms and prehistoric plants. Pentaceratops walked on four sturdy legs. It was 28 feet long. Pentaceratops fossils were found in New Mexico, USA.by Caterina