Well we are still averaging a dinosaur or prehistoric animal a week. Dinosaur Train HERE has become an amazing resource for finding those interesting creatures we have yet to cover. I have to say, I love how vocabulary building the world of the prehistoric is… all of the kids are rather clear (minus Echo) on what carnivore is and quick to describe what features differentiate between close species.

The Mosasaur was an interesting one. Again we found it on our Dinosaur Train list. Their site has a great section dedicated to going through each of the dinosaurs covered on the show in some detail. Their field guide HERE. You will have to look through them to find our specific dinosaur of the day!

We had a few links of interest all about this aquatic carnivore. This lizard was a top ocean predator which were thought to have evolved from snake like lizards that left the land and returned to the ocean…

Here are those promised links!

• Prehistoric-Wildlife.com HERE
• Jurassic Park Wiki HERE
• Dinosaurs.About.com HERE
• EnchantedLearning HERE
• Wiki HERE
• FossilGuy HERE
• BBC science site HERE
• State Historical Site of North Dakota HERE
• A not so educational video from the show Primeval HERE
• A colouring page from Education.com HERE

Yup still got these old Dino posts… enjoy the flashback to resources once used!

3 guesses where this dinosaur was found… and the first two don’t count! Yup, found in the 90’s in Utah, USA, this bipedal carnivore is thought to be one of the largest raptors. One of the dromaeosaurs, this lightweight dinosaur was potentially a warm blooded dinosaur and more like a mammal than most. I had a special sheet for us to fill in information about this carnivore from Activity Village HERE. With razor sharp teeth and massive claws this predator was quite the fearsome creature found in the Cretaceous period.

Now for our video! Walking with Dinosaurs thanks to WWDinosaursLive.

And the rest of our links:

• Jurassic Park Wiki HERE
• Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
• EnchantedLearning HERE
• Dino Fact File HERE
• DinoDictionary HERE
• Walking With Dinosaurs HERE
• Dinopedia HERE
• KidsDinos.com HERE
• Wiki HERE
• Colouring page at Dinosaur-Coloring.com HERE

Process is being made on catching up… but first… a look WAAAAY back at another dinosaur. 

We are enjoying the unusual dinosaurs lately. Suchomimus is another of these. This “crocodile mimic” is a carnivore and a piscivore (fish eater… a new term for us!!). This Cretaceous period predator was found in Africa. Only one incomplete skeleton has been found. It had long front arms to grab fish, a long snout and large claws… like a crocodile that could walk on two legs!!

Now for our videos… First Tribute to Suchomimus by Tyrannotitan.

A silhouette piece called PBA: Spinosaurus vs Suchomimus by MatromX.

Now for our link list:

• Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
• EnchantedLearning HERE
• Jurassic Park Wikia HERE
• Prehistoric Wildlife HERE
• Kidsdinos.com HERE
• Wiki HERE
• Our colouring page is found on deviantArt HERE. The artist is H-Box and you can see their artist’s page HERE.