With a mouthful of a name the Massospondylus is a rather interesting looking herbivore that was almost thought to be a carnivore! With its 5 fingered hands and odd teeth this Jurassic period dinosaur is a lightweight with its hollow bones and air sacs. Its name means Massive Vertebrae and its neck is full of them.

We had two videos for this dinosaur… our usual I’m a Dinosaur and a rather interesting and unique how to draw a Massospodylus that I really suggest watching. While you really are not being taught HOW to do it yourself, but watching an amazing dinosaur artist at work!

And now for our links. I have a helpful Dino Directoy link HERE. I think we would enjoy their museum immensely. Dinosaurs.about.com has their say HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Kiddinos.com has their usual charts etc. about this large dinosaur HERE. We took our colouring page from the EnchantedLearning site HERE, and our Wiki page about this dinosaur can be found HERE. So, not a huge amount of information but a starting point for your dinosaur enthusiast!

I think I asked him to say the name.. what a face!