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Diplodocus

And on and on we go with the dinosaurs… The Diplodocus is a popular herbivore found in the Jurassic period in the USA. With an exceptionally long neck and tail there have been skin impressions found that suggest spikes or spines along the back of this massive dinosaur. Many partial skeletons have been found to create the whole image we are familiar with.

And now onto the videos… of course we started with I’m a Dinosaur…

We join Professor Nick on a short all about the Diplodocus…

And finally watch the herd at work with a predator to boot with BBC

Now for the now familiar link list:

  • KidsDinos.com HERE
  • Science Kids HERE
  • EnchantedLearning HERE
  • ABC Dino File HERE
  • Live Science HERE
  • Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
  • The Free Resource HERE
  • Wiki HERE
  • And our colouring page from Coloring-Pictures.net HERE

    Note the additional detail he noticed on other informative sites! He does so love to be exact!

    Note the additional detail he noticed on other informative sites! He does so love to be exact!

Nothronychus

I have to admit to a certain amount of laziness even when faced with my beloved blog… thus a couple of the pages on here are rather out of date! I will remedy that! But I figure I will try point form for the links for a bit! Especially since the Nothronychus (a Cretaceous period herbivore from New Mexico) has quite a few links of interest to share! But first… the videos for this rather unique, possibly FEATHERED sort of hodge podge of a dinosaur. It seems to be caught mid evolving… with the body of a carnivore but the neck, head and diet of a herbivore!!!

First, I’m a Dinosaur… and then the other videos are on the BBC page HERE and How Stuff Works HERE.

And now for our links. This is a rather interesting dinosaur for its look and the potential to show how a dinosaur type could go from meat to plants… what a change!! Almost like a giraffe in looks but with the predator portions that keep it safe as it feeds!!

  • EnchantedLearning HERE.
  • Dinosaurs.about.com HERE.
  • Natural History Museum HERE.
  • Planet Dinosaur Files HERE.
  • NBCNews.com HERE.
  • Cool Dino Facts HERE.
  • EVI HERE.
  • Wiki HERE.
  • And our colouring page… second image on Dinosaur of the Week HERE.

    Nothronychus

    Nothronychus

Argentinosaurus

Like the name suggests, this dinosaur was found in Argentina. From the Cretaceous period, this herbivore could be one of the largest land animals ever discovered to date. Discovered in 1993 it is believed that with its massive size it would have spent most of its time eating and with its long neck would be able to reach vegetation most other dinosaurs could not.

We had two videos. The I’m a Dinosaur embedded below AND the BBC site with its videos you can watch THERE.

Definitely a dinosaur of interest with its massive vertebrae and gargantuan size! So we used the following links to learn more… There is the EnchantedLearning fact sheet HERE. A Hawaiian site has a short bit about our dinosaur HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has their page HERE. Kidsdinos.com has their charts and map HERE. The Natural History Museum has a great picture HERE of the dinosaur. Scholastic has a picture of the vertebrae being discovered HERE. And of course Wiki has their say HERE. Our colouring page is again from the amazing artist from deviantArt Zakafreakarama HERE. Be sure to check out his profile HERE.

Agentinosaurus