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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This Cretaceous period herbivore is part of the duck-billed family. Emanuel was especially impressed by the Corythosaurus’ hollow, bony crest. It walked on two legs or 4 at times with a long, stiff tail to facilitate that. Found in North America it is believed to be a herding animal that potentially migrated to reproduce. We had TWO videos for this interesting herbivore. First, I’m a Dinosaur…

And then a second gem off of youTube, a video done by a young student for a class assignment.

And now for our links! We used EnchantedLearning’s page HERE. Jurassic Park included a page due to this dinosaur being a part of their game HERE. KidsDinos has its usual helpful map and charts HERE. We found a great artist’s rendition HERE. Kidzworld has some great images of the skeleton HERE. Our colouring page is HERE. And of course the Wiki article HERE.

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