This “savage lizard” is one of the largest known Jurassic therapods. The Torvosaurus is found in North America and is a rather intimidating carnivore. There is some debate as to whether or not it is actually a dinosaur on its own or a version of another due to the lack of a complete skeleton. An intimidating and fierce dinosaur Emanuel was quick to point out that it looks A LOT like a T Rex!
So again, two videos! We started with I’m a Dinosaur and ended with a short fight video of the Torvosaurus vs an Allosaurus!
Ok ok time for the links! Dino Directory sets up up with a great visual on the size of this beast HERE. The Dinopedia covers our dinosaur HERE. DinosaurKing has some stats HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has an article HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Carnivora has an entry HERE about our dinosaur. Wiki has their say HERE and you can find our colouring page HERE we actually used our NHM link for that.
Found in the late Cretaceous period, the Shantungosaurus was the biggest of the duck billed dinosaurs. The herbivore was found in the woodlands of Asia/China. The paleontologists actually created a whole skeleton from five individuals. It traveled in herds and had no teeth in the front of its mouth. We had a video from the I’m a Dinosaur series to share.
There are a few links to share so lets get at it! First off, Kidsdinos.com has their charts and map HERE. Animal Planet has a rather interesting image of the dinosaur that could have potentially walked on either 2 or 4 feet HERE. DinosaurKing has some general statistics HERE. The Dinosaur Directory has a rather interesting pen and ink style drawing HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has an article HERE about our Chinese dinosaur. Wiki has an article HERE about our dino. Our colouring page is from deviantArt… the artist Kentrosaur created this marvelous piece HERE.
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.
