Ever wonder who came BEFORE the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Well, wonder no longer… The Eotyrannus is early in the tyrannus family. Found on the Isle of Wight it is one of the earliest known and most raptor like in looks. The “Dawn Tyrant” is definitely a swift and fearsome predator.

We have TWO videos to share, the first from I’m a Dinosaur…

And another from the IW Council about a brand new display at the Dinosaur Isle Museum…

Quite the phenomenon at the Isle of Wight. Now for our links… Dinosaurs.about.com covers this carnivore HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Prehistoric Wildlife has a page HERE. Apparently Primeval included this dinosaur in its series HERE. I love the image of the dinosaur on the Dino Directory page HERE. Wiki of course has their article HERE. And our colouring page is from deviantArt by an amazing artist… Zakafreakarama HERE. You can find his main artist page HERE.

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Dinosaurs were a world wide phenomena. The Abelisaurus was found in what is now Argentina, South America. This Cretaceous period dinosaur is a bit of a mystery as only one skull has been found which is badly damaged on the right side. A lot can be determined from this single skull though, combined with location and era. This carnivore had large holes in its skull called fenestrae above the jaw. It is likely these were present to lighten the weight of the head or to work as a sound amplifier or olfactory sensors.

We have TWO videos regarding this dinosaur. The first from I’m a Dinosaur.

And the second another How to Draw by 123Peppy.

Now for our links. This potentially down scaled Tyrannosaurus Rex has limited information available, but EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. For an estimated size comparison to a human being you can check out The Dino Directory HERE. Prehistoric Wildlife has a brief article HERE. DinosaurKing has general statistics HERE. Animal Planet has an interesting colour rendition of the head of the Abelisaurus HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com covers our dinosaur HERE. Wiki has an article HERE. We got our colouring page from the blog Dinosaur of the Week: Armchair Paleontology HERE.

Quite the predator

I love it, everywhere I looked it basically states that the T Rex is basically THE most FAMOUS dinosaur of all times!! And it is rather easy to see why – a HUGE carnivore (though not the biggest ever), this dinosaur was around at the end of the age of dinosaurs. With its distinctive and HUGE jaws and tiny almost humourous arms it is a very memorable predator. Made even MORE memorable by its key part on Jurassic Park! 

So it was more a case of sifting through sites to find good ones than the usual panicked hunting down of SOMETHING. The Natural History Museum had an amazing 3D rendering on their site HERE. Emanuel loved National Geographic’s little silhouette comparison of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and a school bus HERE. UCMP had a nice article HERE complete with a photo of a skeleton. Dinosaur About.com again had a great 10 fact list HERE. Kids Dig Dinos has a great drawing on its site of a T Rex along with a fun little question to answer HERE. National Geographic Kids has a little set of fact card  type things to look at and if you wish print HERE. Want a map and a timeline? Go to Kidsdinos.com and find it HERE. About.com (main site) has some links within their page to other like dinosaurs and articles of interest HERE. Of course there is EnchantedLearning and their page on the dinosaur HERE. Our colouring pages of choice can be found HERE. Don’t forget about Wiki and their rather dry but informative article HERE.

Of course we had our video time. Start with the multiple options on the Tyrannosaurus Rex on DSC discovery.com which included a TERRIFIC one on baby T Rexs HERE. And then there is our choice youTube video… enjoy!!!!

Added little something something for the dinosaur/T Rex lover in all of us is the short list of dinosaur related/themed books we collected from the library:

1. I am a Tyrannosaurus by Anna Grossnickle Hines
2. Dear Tyrannosaurus Rex by Lisa McClatchy
3. How the Dinosaur Got to the Museumby Jessie Hartland
   

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