POI...dinosaurs

Early Learning Teaching Your Child Encyclopedic Knowledge
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From melanie Andersen

http://www.berteig.org/melanie/homeschooling/Programs%20of%20Intelligence/Biology/dinosaurs.html

Pictures of dinosaurs came from a mobile bought at Business Depot for $3.95 CDN.
Resources for information came from “The Ultimate Book of Dinosaurs” and www.enchantedlearning.com.

This information is organized in a fashion which is suitable for creating Programs of Intelligence for the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potentials method of teaching babies encyclopedic knowledge.

TYRANNOSAURUS REX

  1. Tyrannosaurus Rex was a bipedal carnivore.
  2. Tyrannosaurus Rex had enormous teeth, a powerful jaw, and a large brain.
  3. Tyrannosaurus Rex lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago.
  4. Tyrannosaurus Rex lived in the regions which are now known as North America and Asia.
  5. Tyrannosaurus Rex means “tyrant lizard”.
  6. Tyrannosaurus Rex is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Tyrannosaurus Rex was 12 meters long.
  8. Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed 8 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex was first discovered in Montana in 1908.
  10. Tyrannosaurus Rex was the largest predator ever to walk the Earth.

STEGOSAURUS

  1. Stegosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore.
  2. Stegosaurus had bony plates on its back and a horned tail.
  3. Stegosaurus lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago.
  4. Stegosaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Stegosaurus means " roofed lizard".
  6. Stegosaurus is of the order Ornithiscia (“bird-hipped”).
  7. Stegosaurus was 9 meters long.
  8. Stegosaurus weighed 2 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Stegosaurus was first discovered in the upland forests of North America in 1877.
  10. Stegosaurus may have swallowed stones (called gastroliths) to help it digest food.

BRACHIOSAURUS

    1. Brachiosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore.
  2. Brachiosaurus had a long neck and nostrils on top of its head.
  3. Brachiosaurus lived during the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago.
  4. Brachiosaurus lived in the regions which are now known as North America and Africa.
  5. Brachiosaurus means “arm lizard”.
  6. Brachiosaurus is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Brachiosaurus was 25 meters long.
  8. Brachiosaurus weighed 40 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Brachiosaurus was first discovered in Colorado in 1900.
  10. Brachiosaurus’ front legs grew from its shoulders as if they were arms.

PARASAUROLOPHUS

  1. Parasaurolophus was a bipedal herbivore.
  2. Parasaurolophus had a long hollow head crest.
  3. Parasaurolophus lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago.
  4. Parasaurolophus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Parasaurolophus means “beside Saurolophus”.
  6. Parasaurolophus is of the order Ornithiscia (“bird-hipped”).
  7. Parasaurolophus was 10 meters long.
  8. Parasaurolophus weighed 3500 kilograms.
  9. The skeleton of Parasaurolophus was first discovered in North America in 1923.
  10. Parasaurolophus had a notch in its backbone.

APATOSAURUS

  1. Apatosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore.
  2. Apatosaurus’ nostrils were on top of its head.
  3. Apatosaurus lived during the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago.
  4. Apatosaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Apatosaurus means “deceptive lizard”.
  6. Apatosaurus is of the order Ornithischia (“bird-hipped”).
  7. Apatosaurus was 21 meters long.
  8. Apatosaurus weighed 30 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Apatosaurus was first discovered in Colorado in 1877.
  10. Apatosaurus was one of the largest creatures ever to have lived on Earth.

ANKYLOSAURUS

  1. Ankylosaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore.
  2. Ankylosaurus had bony armor and a clubbed tail.
  3. Ankylosaurus lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago.
  4. Ankylosaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Ankylosaurus means “stiff lizard”.
  6. Ankylosaurus is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Ankylosaurus was 10 meters long.
  8. Ankylosaurus weighed 5 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Ankylosaurus was first discovered in Alberta in 1908.
  10. Ankylosaurus had armor-plated eyelids.

DILOPHOSAURUS

  1. Dilophosaurus was a bipedal carnivore.
  2. Dilophosaurus had two thin crests on its head.
  3. Dilophosaurus lived during the early Jurassic period, about 190 million years ago.
  4. Dilophosaurus lived in the regions which are now known as North America and China.
  5. Dilophosaurus means “double-crested lizard”.
  6. Dilophosaurus is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Dilophosaurus was 6 meters long.
  8. Dilophosaurus weighed 350 kilograms.
  9. The skeleton of Dilophosaurus was first discovered in Arizona in the 1940s.
  10. Dilophosaurus had a thick, “S”-shaped neck.

ALLOSAURUS

  1. Allosaurus was a bipedal carnivore.
  2. Allosaurus had a thick, “S”-shaped neck.
  3. Allosaurus lived during the late Jurassic period, about 140 million years ago.
  4. Allosaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Allosaurus means “different lizard”.
  6. Allosaurus is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Allosaurus was 12 meters long.
  8. Allosaurus weighed 2-5 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Allosaurus was first discovered in Wyoming in 1879.
  10. Allosaurus was one of the largest carnivores of the Jurassic Period.

CORYTHOSAURUS

  1. Corythosaurus was a bipedal herbivore.
  2. Corythosaurus had a bony crest on top of its head and a long flat bill.
  3. Corythosaurus lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 80 million years ago.
  4. Corythosaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Corythosaurus means “helmet lizard”.
  6. Corythosaurus is of the order Ornithischia (“bird-hipped”).
  7. Corythosaurus was 10 meters long.
  8. Corythosaurus weighed 4 tonnes.
  9. The skeleton of Corythosaurus was first discovered in Alberta in 1912.
  10. Corythosaurus was a swamp-dweller and had webbed hands and feet.

COMPSOGNATHUS

  1. Compsognathus was a bipedal carnivore.
  2. Compsognathus was one of the smallest known dinosaurs.
  3. Compsognathus lived during the late Jurassic period, about 145 million years ago.
  4. Compsognathus lived in the region which is now known as Europe.
  5. Compsognathus means “elegant jaw”.
  6. Compsognathus is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Compsognathus was 1 meter long.
  8. Compsognathus weighed 3 kilograms.
  9. The skeleton of Compsognathus was first discovered in Germany in the late 1850s.
  10. Compsognathus’ long flexible tail took up more than half its length.

ANCHISAURUS

  1. Anchisaurus was a quadrupedal herbivore.
  2. Anchisaurus has a small head, a long neck, and a long tail.
  3. Anchisaurus lived during the early Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago.
  4. Anchisaurus lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Anchisaurus means “near lizard”.
  6. Anchisaurus is of the order Saurischia (“lizard-hipped”).
  7. Anchisaurus was 2 meters long.
  8. Anchisaurus weighed 50 kilograms.
  9. The skeleton of Anchisaurus was first discovered in Conneticut in 1885.
  10. Anchisaurus had leaf-shaped teeth with serrated edges.

ANATOTITAN

  1. Anatotitan was a bipedal herbivore.
  2. Anatotitan had a duck bill mouth.
  3. Anatotitan lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago.
  4. Anatotitan lived in the region which is now known as North America.
  5. Anatotitan means “giant duck”.
  6. Anatotitan is of the order Ornithischia (“bird-hipped”).
  7. Anatotitan was 10 meters long.
  8. Anatotitan weighed 7300 kilograms.
  9. The skeleton of Anatotitan was first discovered in the United States in 1942.
  10. Anatotitan was originally called Anatosaurus, meaning “duck lizard”. Its name was changed in 1990.
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