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

The Edmontosaurus was found… amazingly enough… near Edmonton! WOAH! Though it has also been found in the states. This duck billed dinosaur was also called Anatosaurus though the more common name is the Edmontosaurus. It is a rather interesting dinosaur as it walked on 4 legs AND 2 legs… it was a herbivore and had tons of teeth as it was constantly grinding them down. It was one of the last dinosaurs like the Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex. So the Late Cretaceous period. We have an absolutely CANADIAN video to share with you about this dinosaur…eh.

We have a rather lengthy educational piece as our second video. This one runs about 12 minutes. 

And now for our links… There are actually quite a few. Emanuel specifically wanted to know how big or small the dinosaur was in comparison to us. The Animal Planet site had a great image for that HERE. They had a second more wordy article HERE. Science Kids had a rather neat visual rendition of the “beak” of our dinosaur HERE. The Alaska Museum of Natural History had a rather amazing painting HERE, did  you know that with this dinosaur we actually have impressions of its skin! So there is an idea as to what the actual skin patterns on this dinosaur looked like!!! EnchantedLearning has its fact sheet HERE. Kidsdinos.com has its usual map etc HERE. Under the name Anatosaurus we had the following links… About.com had there’s HERE. And then Prehistory.com had their article HERE. For our printable you can go to THIS link. And of course there is the Wiki article HERE. Enjoy the links! This is a rather interesting and information friendly dinosaur! 

Edmontosaurus