Description: Some Interesting Facts about Dinosaurs!
Dinosaur Facts!They belong to the Reptile Group
They lived on Earth for about 245 million years
The word 'Dinosaur' derived from the Greek
- deinos - "fearfully great"
- sauros - "lizard"
- Coined by British Paleontologist - Richard Owen (1842)
Their fossils have been found on all the Continents
There are roughly '700' known extinct species of Dinosaurs
There are 2 categories
- Herbivores
- Carnivores
The enormous 'Seismosaurus'- Also called the 'Earthquake Reptile'
- It is about 150 feet tall from head to tail!
The Dinosaur with the longest name
- 'Micropachycephalosaurus' - Try spelling it!
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