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.

Torvosaurus

The name of this dinosaur totally screams super here to me! The Ultrasaurua really lives (er dies?? fossilizes???) up to its name with its ultra long neck and large body. This herbivore was MASSIVE. 5 or 6 stories tall this dinosaur found in North American and South Korea (sites differ on that one) dwarfed everyone and everything. It is believed that it would have had to eat constantly and once fully grown would have had no predators. From the Jurassic period it really was a true giant!

Now for our videos. We had TWO… I’m a Dinosaur of course and the other a fun dinosaur themed song!

And now for our links… Let’s start with Kidsdinos.com who states this is a North American dinosaur but has a great illustration and some solid information HERE. CoolDinoFacts is just a sentence and a picture, but Emanuel loved the picture HERE. Animal Planet has a lengthy article HERE. The Jurassic Park site states that this dinosaur is native to South Korea HERE. There is actually another brief video on Curiosity.com from Discovery Channel dealing with the predator issue HERE. EnchantedLearning has a great page HERE about our dinosaur. Wiki has its article HERE and our colouring page comes from this site HERE.

Ultrasaurus

A lightweight lizard from the Jurassic period, the Elaphrosaurus was found in Africa. This carnivore ran on two legs and is a bit of an unknown. Fleet of food but so much lighter than other carnivores it would have been reliant on speed over power to catch and eat its prey. Once again this is a dinosaur picked from the I’m a Dinosaur list…

We found an interesting paleontologist named Dinosaur George who has a question and answer series of videos about various dinosaurs. This is the episode with a question about our dinosaur. Emanuel definitely wants to check out his site to see if he has more items of interest.

Now I do not have many links about this dinosaur but here goes… Let’s start with the fact sheet on EnchantedLearning HERE. The Natural History Museum has a rather interesting drawing with some great charts on its site HERE. Prehistoric Wildlife has a helpful article HERE. There are a couple sentences at the Jurassic Park Wiki HERE. AgeofDinosaurs.com has a page HERE, though I noticed its map seemed wrong… Our colouring page can be found HERE and of course Wiki has their page HERE. Hopefully this helps our dinosaur fanatics out there.

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