I have to say some of these Chinese dinosaurs are the most interesting and amazing finds! This oddly named one is no exception! The Sinosauropteryx is a carnivore found in China. It has been equated to being the size of a dog and very light weight. There are actually a few interesting things that have been recognized with this dinosaur. First of all there have been TWO full skeletons found in dig sites and along with these finds  this is the first dinosaur to have the remains of a MAMMAL found in its stomach! This is also the first dinosaur to be found with feather like (proto-feathers) coverings. Add to the amazing with something even more ground breaking, scientists were able to look at these fossil remains and discern the COLOUR of the feathers!! That is right, this dinosaur had orange and white stripes along its tail! Which apparently was amazingly long for the type of dinosaur it was. What an amazing late Jurassic to early Cretaceous period dinosaur, but don’t take my word for it! Check out the links and enjoy the videos!

I’m a Dinosaur has a cute video to watch.

Science.Discovery.com has a brief video you need to view on their site HERE. As I am sure all you dinosaur loving individuals are aware, the determining of an actual COLOUR for a dinosaur is a HUGE deal… And there are multiple sites with information on it! National Geographic has an article AND a great artist’s rendition HERE and their news portion has one HERE. NewYork Daily News has their article about the find HERE.

Of course we found some general resources on our rather interesting dinosaur… KidsDinos.com has an article with maps etc HERE. EnchantedLearning has a rather extensive fact page HERE. Academic Kids Encyclopedia has a paragraph HERE with links to other items of interest and relevance. Dinosaurs.about.com has a great image of a full skeleton and some great point form points HERE. Of course Wiki has an article HERE. And our colouring page can be found HERE. Please enjoy the links and the amazing finds! This dinosaur is an absolute gem for new and interesting information!

Feathers AND we know had rings of white and orange!

The Huayangosaurus (wah-Yong-o-Saw-rus)! A native of China, this is one of the most important dinosaurs found there. What Emanuel found the most interesting was the fact that they HAVE found the skulls of this dinosaur. So we KNOW that they had 14 teeth in the front (7 on each side) that are NOT there in the more recent Stegosaurus! This plant eater also differed from the Stegosaurus with its front legs being 3/4 longer than the back ones. The plates on its back morph in shape more to spikes by the time you get to its tail. 

We were not able to find a really educational video for this dinosaur BUT we have an animation that is rather interesting.

And a robotic display from another museum. 

We did find some excellent links to share though. But I WILL start with the iffy print out. While the dinosaur on the Education.com site was rather cute, and the spelling of the name correct and the info under it the image itself was off… the legs were short in the front, the plates are a single row AND do not alter to spikes towards the tail. I am still going to link it but Emanuel did alter it to make it closer to the real one! You can find it HERE.

We used the smaller proportion image on the Dino Directory as our other colouring page. Much more anatomically correct. Their site also had some great details and a terrific drawing of what it is thought this dinosaur looked like. You can find that HERE. The Age of Dinosaurs has a great bit on the relationship between Huayangosaurus and the Stegosaurus which you can read HERE. Palaeocritti has a great organized chart and a terrific picture of our dinosaur HERE. Animal has a great write up on their site HERE. There is a short blurb with some links you can click about items of interest HERE on Dinosaurs Wikia. About.com has their section on this Chinese dinosaur HERE. Don’t forget Kidsdinos and their charts and map HERE. For the more technical article go to Wiki of course right HERE.

Creative colouring