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

This “savage lizard” is one of the largest known Jurassic therapods. The Torvosaurus is found in North America and is a rather intimidating carnivore. There is some debate as to whether or not it is actually a dinosaur on its own or a version of another due to the lack of a complete skeleton. An intimidating and fierce dinosaur Emanuel was quick to point out that it looks A LOT like a T Rex!

So again, two videos! We started with I’m a Dinosaur and ended with a short fight video of the Torvosaurus vs an Allosaurus!

Ok ok time for the links! Dino Directory sets up up with a great visual on the size of this beast HERE. The Dinopedia covers our dinosaur HERE. DinosaurKing has some stats HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has an article HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Carnivora has an entry HERE about our dinosaur. Wiki has their say HERE and you can find our colouring page HERE we actually used our NHM link for that.

Torvosaurus

Gotta continue that Chinese dinosaur trend for our special 4 day stint… here is #3 – the Dilong dinosaur. Another for our Dinosaur app, as I mentioned previously, I found ALL our Chinese dinosaurs on this app first. Some of these are definitely a little more obscure than previous ones so the information is a little more scarce. However, we DID find a video! Embedding it has been disabled by the host on youTube but you can find it HERE.

The Dilong was found in the early Cretaceous period in China. It was a smaller carnivore and is considered to be a type of tyrannosaur, though centuries prior to the T Rex. Even more amazing, there is evidence that this dinosaur had feathers! The American Museum of Natural History has an article regarding this find HERE. It’s name means Emperor Dragon. Amazingly enough it is a fairly recent find with it first being discovered in 2004!

Dinosaurs.about.com had a fact page HERE about the Dilong. Prehistoric Wildlife has a lengthy article HERE. Cool Dino Facts Wikia has a rather interesting artist’s rendition of our dinosaur HERE. Of course there is a lengthy and thorough piece on Wiki HERE. Our colouring page is actually off of an artist’s series on deviantArt HERE. EWilloughby did a terrific job of giving us a whole scene that Emanuel really enjoyed colouring! Good luck and if you come across more resources for this rather interesting dinosaur please send them my way!

Emanuel is pointing at the Dilong