1. DINOSAURS!
by: John Neal

2. Dilophosaurus
This is one of the more diverse early Jurassic carnivores.
The ceratosaurs, the group that dilophosaurus belonged to, went extinct at the end of this period.

3. Velociraptor
This “raptor” dinosaur was made famous in the movie Jurassic Park. However, the size was twice the real size.
An amazing find was found in the Gobi Desert with this small carnivore fighting a Protocerotops .

4. Miasaura This is one of the best known duck-billed dinosaurs.
This is the only hadrosaur proven to have cared for their young.

5. Stegosaurus
The scientist who first found Stegosaurus thought the plates laid down flat.
This dinosaur was once thought to have had a second brain in it’s hip. We now know this is incorrect.

6. Acrocanthosaurus This is one of the rarest American dinos.
This species had a fleshy sail on it’s back.
This was a large land carnivore.

7. Einiosaurus
This cerotopsin had a forward pointing horn used for an unknown purpose.
The name of this dinosaur means “buffalo lizard”.
This is only one of the many kinds of horned dinosaurs.

8. Dromeciomimus
The family of dinosaurs that this belonged to are called the ornithomimids.
This might have been the fastest of all dinos.
Nobody knows what this ate.

9. Tyrannosaurus Rex
This is one of the few dinosaurs known by its first and last scientific names.
Despite the reputation, this wasn’t the largest land carnivore ever.

10. Seismosaurus
This was one of the famous sauropods, which are known for their remarkably long necks.
This was probably the longest dinosaur ever.
About half of this dino is tail.

11. Utahraptor This is the largest known dromeosaur, or “raptor” dinosaur.
The only reason this was found is because the finder eats faster than his daughter and wife.

12. Parasaurolophus
This duck-bill had a backward pointing crest which may have supported a flap of skin.
This is a rare hadrosaur.

13. Giganotosaurus This is the world’s largest carnivorous dinosaur.
Giganotosaurus was 40 feet long.

14. Amargasaurus
This sauropod had a double row of spikes jutting out of its neck and back.
This was an herbivore.

15. Titanosaurus
Unlike most sauropods, the titanosaurs lived in the Cretaceous period.
This species lived in Asia and South America, so these were thriving. Close relatives are found on every continent except North America and Antarctica.

16. Argentinasaurus This is the largest land animal ever to have lived.
You can see a skeleton of this creature at the Fernbank Museum.
This was over 100 feet long and weighed 60 tons.

17. Dilong
This strange dino may not look like it, but this was a close cousin of t-rex.
This tyrannosaur had simple feathers, or “protofeathers”.

18. Ankylosaurus
This powerful dinosaur had a lump of bone that was as big as both of your fists combined. This was used as a defensive weapon.

19. Spinosaurus The original skeleton was destroyed in World War Two.
This was the T-Rex chasing villain of Jurassic Park Three.
This dinosaur was up to 60 feet long!

20. Brachiosaurus
This was once considered to be the tallest dinosaur. Now the tallest is sauroposiden.
Brachiosaurus was 40 feet tall.
This was an herbivore with a big belly.

21. Dromeosaurus This was the original “raptor” dinosaur.
This was a little bit bigger than its cousin, velociraptor.
Like its cousin, it was a carnivore.

22. Sauropelta
This dinosaur had large spikes protruding out of its shoulders.
This was an herbivore.
Sauropelta was 17 feet long.

23. Centrosaurus
There have been Bone Beds of Centrosaurus that have included over 200 individuals.
The centrosaurus was a 17 foot long herbivore that traveled in huge herds.

24. Lophostroepheus This was the largest carnivorous dinosaur of its time.
This dino had many smaller cousins, such as coelophiysis.
This dinosaur had an elongated neck to reach out and grab prey.

25. Lesothosaurus
This is a very poorly understood dinosaur. All we know is that it is a bipedal (two-legged), small plant-eating dino.
Though this was mostly an herbivore, this may have scavenged meat every now and then.

26. Photos (from Fernbank)

27. COOL PHOTOS!

32. Thanks for watching!