Tag Archive | vertebrae

Argentinosaurus

Like the name suggests, this dinosaur was found in Argentina. From the Cretaceous period, this herbivore could be one of the largest land animals ever discovered to date. Discovered in 1993 it is believed that with its massive size it would have spent most of its time eating and with its long neck would be able to reach vegetation most other dinosaurs could not.

We had two videos. The I’m a Dinosaur embedded below AND the BBC site with its videos you can watch THERE.

Definitely a dinosaur of interest with its massive vertebrae and gargantuan size! So we used the following links to learn more… There is the EnchantedLearning fact sheet HERE. A Hawaiian site has a short bit about our dinosaur HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com has their page HERE. Kidsdinos.com has their charts and map HERE. The Natural History Museum has a great picture HERE of the dinosaur. Scholastic has a picture of the vertebrae being discovered HERE. And of course Wiki has their say HERE. Our colouring page is again from the amazing artist from deviantArt Zakafreakarama HERE. Be sure to check out his profile HERE.

Agentinosaurus

Cetiosaurus

The Cetiosaurus was a misunderstood dinosaur for a long period of time simply due to the massive size of its vertebrae. In fact, it was mistakenly believed to be a whale. From the late Jurassic period this large dinosaur was found in England and Europe. Its limbs were solid and stubby and its tail long. This was a dinosaur that would have weighed tons and was VERY primitive.

We had one video for this dinosaur – I’m a Dinosaur.

Surprisingly for a dinosaur that roamed all over Europe there are not that many links to share. I will start with our colouring page HERE. Emanuel really enjoyed this one as the giant herbivore was only one in a scene of dinosaurs. Animal Planet has a lengthy article HERE. DinosaurKing has some general statistics HERE. KidsDinos has the usual charts HERE. Dinosaurs.about.com touches on our dinosaur HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. And finally, Wiki has their article HERE.

All 3 brothers got in on this one!

Massospondylus

With a mouthful of a name the Massospondylus is a rather interesting looking herbivore that was almost thought to be a carnivore! With its 5 fingered hands and odd teeth this Jurassic period dinosaur is a lightweight with its hollow bones and air sacs. Its name means Massive Vertebrae and its neck is full of them.

We had two videos for this dinosaur… our usual I’m a Dinosaur and a rather interesting and unique how to draw a Massospodylus that I really suggest watching. While you really are not being taught HOW to do it yourself, but watching an amazing dinosaur artist at work!

And now for our links. I have a helpful Dino Directoy link HERE. I think we would enjoy their museum immensely. Dinosaurs.about.com has their say HERE. EnchantedLearning has a fact sheet HERE. Kiddinos.com has their usual charts etc. about this large dinosaur HERE. We took our colouring page from the EnchantedLearning site HERE, and our Wiki page about this dinosaur can be found HERE. So, not a huge amount of information but a starting point for your dinosaur enthusiast!

I think I asked him to say the name.. what a face!