Just the facts
- Dinosaurs are actually reptiles that lived about 200-60 million years ago!
- They lived during the Mesozoic era.
- The dinosaur with the longest name is a "Micropachycephalosaurus".
- This era has three periods; the Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous.
- Some dinosaurs can live up to 200 years old!
- Estimates say they are about 1000-2000 different species of dinosaurs!
- The word "dinosaur" was named by British paleontologist Richard Owen in 1842.
- All dinosaurs laid eggs!
- Dinosaurs that can run on two legs are called bipeds.
- Most dinosaurs are vegatarians!
- A 110-mile-wide asteroid is believed to have hit the earth 65 million years ago.
- Many scientists believe the fallout from the impact killed the dinosaurs.