Dinosaurs - weird feathered dinosaurs
January 1, 2008 Dinosaurs No Comments
I really love dinosaurs… I think all kids love dinosaurs, especially the really weird ones that no one hears about,
Here are some of those really strange looking prehistoric animals.
Weird Feathered Dinosaurs, kinda weird huh? but here is one the Troodon, prounounced True-don
The Name Means: “Tooth that wounds” The troodon is thought to have been about 6 feet and weigh about what a large dog does, around 100 lbs.
The Troodon lived in the US and Canada in the Late Cretaceous period - 67 MYA
I found more info about this really weird looking dinosaur on the internet:
Troodon may have been the smartest of all the dinosaurs. It had a very large brain when compared to its overall body size, which would have given it huge hunting advantage. It also had large eyes, long legs for speedy pursuit of prey, and sharp teeth.
Troodon is one of the most well known dinosaurs, with over 20 known specimens, including an egg with a Troodon embryo inside. It was actually one of the first North American dinosaurs to be named, originally described in 1856. However, the fragmentary remains were attributed to a number of dinosaurs before the original genus became accepted. It wasn’t until Dr. Dale Russell described a fairly complete specimen that the pieces fell into place. Troodon is also used as evidence in the bird/dinosaur debate, as it shares a number of common characteristics with birds.
Troodon fossils were found in montana
This is another odd looking feathered dino, the Compsognathus. The Compsognathus is another small dinosaur. Having been only a few feet and 6 lbs! Not what we think of a dinosaur was. Dino’s came in many sizes and not all were the giant 3 ton monsters we imagine them to be.
Falcarius
“Sickle Maker” This guy lived in Utah and was a mid-size, as far as dinos go - Falcarius was about 13 feet and weighed 850 lbs.
Nomimgia
Here is a really weird looking one, actually, the Buitreraptor looks really scary to me. Check out the huge teeth on that puppy.
The Corythosaurus has no feathers - but looks like he should have.
The Corythosaurus - A really strange looking dinosaur that looks like a cross between an ostrich and a lizard - he is one of the duck-billed dinosaurs and a very large boy.. or girl
Another really strange looking Dino is the Corythosaurus Pronounced: kore-Ith-oh -Saw-rus “Corinthian Lizard” The Corythosaurus was about 33 feet and Weighted an astonishing 3.5 tons - wow, thats one giant ostrich looking thing!
When: Late Cretaceous - 75 MYA
Where: Alberta, Canada; Montana, USA
He does not have feathers, but really looks like he should have!
The Corythosaurus was a planting-eating, duck-billed dinosaur that is sometimes referred to as hadrosaurs. It had a toothless, wide beak and hundreds of teeth in the back part of its mouth that it used for grinding tough plants to mush. Like other duckbills, it was a herd animal that traveled in large groups. Fossils of this dinosaur are sometimes found together with other plant-eating dinosaurs, which leads scientists to believe that different types of plant-eaters grouped together to feed, drink and maybe even migrate (moving from one area to another).
The Corythasaurus has a large crest on its head and it is thought that the males had a larger crest than the females.
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