Sometimes I wonder at  the names of these dinosaurs, but they do make Emanuel giggle as we both try and wrap our mouths around them. This herbivore is a bit on the small side, but is a little unique in so far as it seems to have walked on both two and four feet. The Scutellosaurus really is an unusual looking herbivore.

We had a couple videos to watch to Emanuel’s joy! First, of course, is I’m a Dinosaur.

And secondly, a cute kid made video using dinosaur figurines.

There were a few links of interest on this versatile plant eater from the late Triassic period. Of course Kidsdinos.com had a page with their charts and graphs HERE. Encyclopedia Britannica has a rather technical article about the dinosaur HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has a short piece HERE. Animal Planet has an article HERE. What I find interesting is how some of these articles have the period of this dinosaur slightly different, though the majority seem to say Triassic. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE and has our dinosaur listed as early Jurassic. You can check out the AgeofDinosaurs.com page HERE. Of course Wiki has an article about this early armoured dinosaur HERE. Our colouring page came right off of deviantArt HERE. Thank you zakafreakarama. 

Working together

I have a REALLY good excuse to not post a regular blog entry in December – after a busy day of schooling – an evening out with girl friends! Supper and shopping. Being out with two truly crafty ladies is such an inspiration!!!

The African dinosaur with a tongue click in the name! And only ONE fossilized skeleton found withOUT a skull! So… as you can imagine, not too much online to share BUT there are some interesting tidbits! This is potentially a chicken (well maybe TURKEY) sized omnivore! Though for certain a carnivore. It is the great uncle so to speak of Tyrannosaurus Rex. It absolutely walked on two legs but had a finger that was almost a thumb so most likely clung to its prey. A tiny, dangerous predator! Just one video today from I’m a Dinosaur but Emanuel enjoyed it

Now for links, not too much to be shared but here is what we found! We got our picture from The Dino Directory. We used the comparison image on the right HERE. Age of Dinosaurs has the map and a great little write up HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has a brief page HERE. Thankfully EnchantedLearning had a page of facts HERE. But amazingly enough even WIKI was short on info HERE. At least now the little there is is all together. So hopefully you learned as much as we did about this little African dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period. 

The little African Dinosaur

Yup, a FEATHERED dinosaur! The dinosaur of the day is another Chinese one, and rather unique at that, called Beipiaosaurus. This potentially omnivorous dinosaur was found during the Cretaceous period. Dinosaurs.about.com describes it as follows: “long-clawed, pot-bellied, two-legged herbivorous theropods that seem to have been constructed from bits of other types of dinosaurs.” you can find this quote HERE. I have found most sites refer to it as an herbivore but there is some debate. 

We have partial skeletons of this dinosaur, but where they were found allowed for the impressions of the feathers or feather like portions of the dinosaur to survive in the form of impressions. Not much larger than a man this dinosaur was a hit with our fanatic just due to how we believe it looked as is really well illustrated HERE. We chose it from the list of I’m a Dinosaur videos on youTube so of course you have to watch the one below!

Our second video is a  tribute video with a great selection of images by various artists.

We did not have a multitude of links to share but we have a great image to colour HERE. Raresource has a page HERE on our Chinese dinosaur. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Jurassic Park Wikia has their information HERE. Age of Dinosaurs has a map and point form information HERE. And of course Wiki has their article on this fascinating dinosaur HERE.

Working together