I am jumping line for this one… our book Dinosaur Hunt by Karen Carr mentioned this dinosaur as ALSO being found in Texas and as we are currently learning about Texas… well we reintroduced this herbivore so enjoy our jump forward!

Emanuel has requested NO MORE Cretaceous period dinosaurs… but today was not the day for that… The Hypsilophodon has a horny beak with cheek teeth and ran on two legs. It was a fast dinosaur that sustained itself with plants and was found in the woodlands of Europe. At first it was believed that it was found up in the trees but this has since been disproved. We had TWO videos… first a “Spore” video by Cainori.

Our second video is a gorgeous speed painting piece by Michele the Sea

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And now the links

• Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
• KidsDinos.com HERE
• Dinosaur Isle HERE
• Melbourne Museum HERE
• Jurassic Park Wikia HERE
• Dino Directory HERE
• Dinosaur Jungle HERE
• EnchantedLearning HERE
• Wiki HERE
• And our colouring page was found at deviantArt HERE by our favourite artist Zakafreakarama HERE.
  

  So pleased to have our two littles involved together

In the plains of Asia during the Jurassic period you could find roaming the earth a rather large herbivore called the Shunosaurus. Found specifically in China, it is the only known saurapod with a club on the end of its tail (probably used for defense). A number of skeletons have been recovered of this dinosaur, making it one of the best known of its species.

And now for the videos! First of all is the “live action” fight between our Shunosaurus and two Sinraptors. Quite the chase!

The second one is from the Inedine Dinosaur Show with his piece on our Chinese herbivore.

And now for our link list!

• Dinosaurs.about.com HERE
• KidsDinos.com HERE
• Animal Planet HERE
• Prehistoric Wildlife HERE
• Cool Dino Facts Wiki HERE
• Age of Dinosaurs HERE
• Dino Directory HERE
• Wiki HERE
• And our colouring page, half way down Everything Dinosaur HERE
  

  Long neck and tail

Ever wonder who came BEFORE the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Well, wonder no longer… The Eotyrannus is early in the tyrannus family. Found on the Isle of Wight it is one of the earliest known and most raptor like in looks. The “Dawn Tyrant” is definitely a swift and fearsome predator.

We have TWO videos to share, the first from I’m a Dinosaur…

And another from the IW Council about a brand new display at the Dinosaur Isle Museum…

Quite the phenomenon at the Isle of Wight. Now for our links… Dinosaurs.about.com covers this carnivore HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Prehistoric Wildlife has a page HERE. Apparently Primeval included this dinosaur in its series HERE. I love the image of the dinosaur on the Dino Directory page HERE. Wiki of course has their article HERE. And our colouring page is from deviantArt by an amazing artist… Zakafreakarama HERE. You can find his main artist page HERE.

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