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

Let’s go way back to early dinosaurs and one of the first true herbivores… not only the first of the herbivores but one of the first to have the ability to reach food up on trees and high growths. From the Triassic period the Plateosaurus is the beginning of the giant dinosaurs. Heavy and sturdy limbed, its tail made up half of its length… definitely not an easy dinosaur to miss.

We chose this dinosaur out of a book we had on hand that Emanuel had unearthed.

From our book

So our videos are slightly different than our norm…

And…

Early dinosaurs have really spiked Emanuel’s interest. They just look so different, so ungainly in comparison to the ones that we have been reading about!  But anyway, now for the links… There is a dino fact file HERE to check out. Kidsdinos.com has a their usual helpful charts HERE. Interested in a longer article? Check out Animal Planet HERE. Emanuel thought the picture on the Prehistory page was a giggle HERE. For a terrific image of the difference in this dinosaur’s size in comparison to a human and a dog the Encyclopedia Britannica Kids have their page HERE. Check out EnchantedLearning and their page on this early dinosaur HERE. Someone called Cindy Thomas has a great page dedicated to this dinosaur HERE. Of course there is the Wiki page HERE. And finally, our colouring page HERE.

A VERY long neck dinosaur