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Protoceratops

Emanuel chose Protoceratops based purely on its rather unique looks. This herbivore is smaller than you think, really the size of a large pig. Whole nests have been found as well as skeletons of varying levels of development. The Protoceratops was one of the first horned dinosaurs with bumps more than horns and a large frill. From the Cretaceous period, this herbivore had a beak like mouth and walked on four very solid legs… all over Mongolia.

Because of how we found this dinosaur (in a book instead of from the I’m a Dinosaur list) we have one video. An “epic” battle. So, enjoy!

So onto our links! We lucked out and this was a dinosaur on the Kidsdinos.com site HERE. Kidsdigodinos.com has a question for your avid dinosaur lover HERE. Of course EnchantedLearning has a page HERE with a wonderful diagram. There is a great page full of Protoceratops facts and pictures HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com discusses our herbivore HERE. Animal Planet has information AND a wonderful museum display of a nest HERE. There is an article by a Professor from the Department of Geosciences HERE. Our colouring page was also a question page too, you can find that HERE. Of course Wiki has their page HERE.

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Enter the Familiar Triceratops!!

Seriously a COMMONLY KNOWN dinosaur is a LOVELY change! So much information to sift through to find the fun and interesting tips to share with our dino fiend Emanuel. So let’s get right down to it… Videos first! We chose two out of the tons there are online, first a tribute video with a nice selection of Triceratops images. Some fanciful others renditions and even some choice skeletons (did you know there are MULTIPLE variations depending on the skulls?? Cuz there are!)

And then a very informative video done by DinosaurDays. I am going to have to look into their actual site and see what they have on other dinosaurs of interest past and present.


There are many images on google. We chose THIS ONE for our picture to colour. And THIS fact sheet to put in our dinosaur folder. EnchantedLearning came through with THIS skeleton. I love how they gave names to all the bones, and really showed off the 3 horns and head frill (seriously a GREAT name for a piece of bone FRILL). The ScienceKids site has a great fact list HERE. And KidsDigDinos has a great child drawn illustration of a Triceratops HERE. Don’t forget Wiki for the total technical HERE. Emanuel loved the more story, chatty format of the dinosaurs.org site HERE. We always look to kidsdinos to find a map to show WHERE those bones were found HERE.

So add another herbivore to our list of dinos. The description of their lifestyle (herding, plant eating) reminded me a lot of other current mammals. After all it is even thought that they may have, in time of danger formed a circle with the weak and babies in the middle and horns pointing out. What an interesting dinosaur!! Check out the videos and links the next time you want to know more about this Cretaceous era dinosaur! Next up – Deinychus! Wish me luck, we found this one in our new dinosaur book – The Last Dinosaurs

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