Now here is a place where Jurassic Park MAY have gotten it wrong, I don’t know if you remember this movie (I certainly do), but early on there are these dinosaurs, not overly huge, that only only had this weird crest  that opened up around their head but they ALSO spit poison. I think that is when the overweight employee who was stealing DNA samples is killed or something like that. Blinded at least. Well, according to our research there is NO proof that either this crest OR the poison spitting truly occurred. Of course, it was still a rather unique looking dinosaur with its crest on the top of its head and ability to run. We actually had two videos this time (no, I did NOT show Emanuel the JP clip, no need to muddy the waters with an artist’s rendition of the dinosaur with “extras”). First, I’m a Dinosaur.

Our second video is a Discovery one, so you have go to the site it is posted on and view it HERE.

Now for our links. This dinosaur was around in the early Jurassic period on the riverbanks of Asia and North America, you can find a great kid drawn illustration and even a question to test your knowledge HERE. Curious about how this dinosaur sizes up against a human? Check HERE for a great illustration of that. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Kidsdinos.com has their usual helpful page HERE. Quite the colourful picture of our dinosaur HERE on Dinosaurs.about.com. Wiki has their information HERE.

We didn’t get into this site but enjoyed the image of the skeleton HERE. I am sure that it would be helpful for anyone who REALLY wanted to know more about this dinosaur. But first, before you truly head off and learn more… our colouring page was right HERE. This one was special, it has questions attached to answer. Which was a fun exercise for Emanuel and I to share what we remembered.

A series of worksheets on this one

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.

Gotta love that smile

I kind of like the name of this tiny plant eater. It kind of reminds me of Ophelia or something relatively light and fluid. Rather appropriate as this was a VERY fast, very light dinosaur. Though named after a famous paleontologist and not a romantic figure. This late Jurassic dinosaur was found in North American and had a beak like mouth with teeth in the cheek area. It was built for speed with a long stiff tail and the size of a large dog. Emanuel thought it was rather cute! 

Now for our links on this tiny bipedal dinosaur! Dinosaurs.about.com has some points of interest and a picture of a skeleton (there has been only 2 skeletons and pieces found… and no full skulls, but enough to create images and draw proper conclusions) HERE. Animal Planet has an article with a great artist’s rendition HERE. Jurassic Park Wikia has some great information HERE. Age of Dinosaurs has a map and information HERE. We always find Kidsdinos.com helpful, you can find their article HERE. EnchantedLearning had their fact sheet HERE. And of course there is Wiki HERE. Our colouring page is a little silly and more of a comic image but the best I could find HERE.

A silly picture