Carnivores may not be Emanuel’s favourite BUT the Masiakasaurus has some amazingly unusual teeth. This theropod from the late Cretaceous period had hooked front teeth that angled out, most likely for catching and eating fish. This image HERE really shows those wicked teeth. Surprisingly it was NOT a large dinosaur, believed to have been the size of a large dog. And now, onto the videos!

First off, I’m a Dinosaur covered this dinosaur briefly…

If you are interested in a musical interlude with many illustrations of our toothy carnivore you can watch this youTube video.

And now, the links… The Natural History Museum has some rather interesting facts simply put out HERE. Age of Dinosaurs has their map showing where in Africa this dinosaur was found HERE. Prehistoric Wildlife has a page on our “vicious lizard” HERE. Jurassic Park Wiki has a very short entry HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has a great picture of a skull of this dinosaur HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Wiki of course has an article HERE. Our colouring page is a much more artistic rendition HERE.

Joint project (Zander left)

I have a REALLY good excuse to not post a regular blog entry in December – after a busy day of schooling – an evening out with girl friends! Supper and shopping. Being out with two truly crafty ladies is such an inspiration!!!

The African dinosaur with a tongue click in the name! And only ONE fossilized skeleton found withOUT a skull! So… as you can imagine, not too much online to share BUT there are some interesting tidbits! This is potentially a chicken (well maybe TURKEY) sized omnivore! Though for certain a carnivore. It is the great uncle so to speak of Tyrannosaurus Rex. It absolutely walked on two legs but had a finger that was almost a thumb so most likely clung to its prey. A tiny, dangerous predator! Just one video today from I’m a Dinosaur but Emanuel enjoyed it

Now for links, not too much to be shared but here is what we found! We got our picture from The Dino Directory. We used the comparison image on the right HERE. Age of Dinosaurs has the map and a great little write up HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has a brief page HERE. Thankfully EnchantedLearning had a page of facts HERE. But amazingly enough even WIKI was short on info HERE. At least now the little there is is all together. So hopefully you learned as much as we did about this little African dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period. 

The little African Dinosaur

Whose name reminds me of a cleaning product! BUT that is not what is amazing. This theropod existed in the Early Cretaceous period in Europe and England where it was the ONLY fish eating dinosaur known to date! With its crocodile like head and long claws it is has more teeth than a Tyrannosaurs Rex and is tailor made to hunt at the edge of lakes and rivers for fish. In fact, a fossilized skeleton was found with fish remains partially digested where its stomach would have been! Very cool! 

Emanuel especially enjoyed this one with its very unique features and characteristics. We have 2 videos to share today off youTube. Emanuel has been choosing his dinosaurs from the I’m a Dinosaur list so I will start with that one. The other has more actual data and images of fossils. I hope they are helpful!

And now for our links! I will start with the one connected to the Natural Museum who were involved in the unearthing of the original amazing fossilized skeleton HERE. Jurassic Park Wikia has their page HERE, apparently this dinosaur was showcased or mentioned on a Jurassic Park movie! Dinosaurs.about.com has TWO pages on this dinosaur. A point form page HERE, and a 10 questions page HERE. EnchantedLearning has a page on this fish eating dino but surprisingly without a real picture or diagram HERE. Kidsdinos.com has a good timeline and map HERE. KidsDigDinos has a great fact sheet with a knowledge question HERE. Don’t forget Wiki’s usual dry article HERE. And of course our colouring page can be found HERE.

All 3 learning together