Quetzalcoatlus

Now it is time for Quetzalcoatlus. He is not a dinosaur either because dinosaurs don't fly. He is the biggest flying reptile. He had a 39-foot wingspan and weighed 143 pounds. The wingspan is the same as the Wright Brothers' plane. When Quetzalcoatlus wasn't flying he had his hands down on the ground and was as tall as a giraffe.

Elasmosaurus

Last time was Kronosaurus and now is Elasmosaurus.  They are both swimmers.  Elasmosaurus had a long neck and was like a sea Apatosaurus.  He was 46 feet long.  Elasmosaurus ate fish and had sharp teeth.  He weighed 2 tons - not nearly as much as Kronosaurus because more than half of his body length was neck.  He also has to go up to the surface of the water to breathe like modern sea mammals.

Here is a link to a video showing an Elasmosaurus from Prehistoric: Los Angeles. Prehistoric is one of my favorite shows.

Kronosaurus

                                

Now is Kronosaurus.  He is not a real dinosaur.  Dinosaurs were all land creatures but Kronosaurus lived in water.  He is like a crocodile with flippers instead of legs.  He also had powerful crocodile-like jaws.  His bones were found in Australia and Colombia.  He was 30 feet long and weighed 22 tons.  He is a pliosauroid.
This video shows a Liopleurodon, which was another pliosauriod that was very similar to Kronosaurus and was about the same size.

Parasaurolophus

Now is parasaurolophus.  Parasaurolophus had a crest on its head.  Scientists think parasaurolophus hooted out of his crest on his head and warned the herd of danger.  His crest was 6 feet long.  Parasaurolophus was 33 feet long and weighed 7700 pounds.  Parasaurolophus walked on four legs and ran on two legs.  It had an excellent sense of smell.

Brachiosaurus

                                          

This time I am going to talk about Brachiosaurus.  Brachiosaurus was a sauropod, or long-necked dinosaur.  He was as tall as a four story building and each of his neck bones was three feet long.  Brachiosaurus had a bulge on the top of his head.  A person is only about up to Brachiosaurus' ankle.  He weighed 80 tons.  If he bent his knees too much, Brachiosaurus would tip over.




Now, here is my favorite song - "I am a paleontologist" by They Might Be Giants.  We got to see They Might Be Giants in concert last year.  It was a lot of fun.

Tyrannosaurus rex

Now I want to tell you about Tyrannosaurus rex.  T. rex was the lizard king but wasn't the strongest carnivore - some people think Spinosaurus was bigger and stronger.  If T. rex bit Ankylosaurus' back he would break his teeth.  If Ankylosaurus hit T. rex with his club the next day T. rex would be dead.

 

 

Ankylosaurids

I am going to talk about ankylosaurids today.  There are many types of ankylosaurids.  The most well known is Ankylosaurus, which is my favorite dinosaur.  The other ankylosaurids from Ankylosaurus' subfamily are Euoplocephalus, Pinacosaurus, Nodocephalosaurus, Saichania, Shanxia, Talarurus, Tarchia, Tianzhenosaurus, Tsagantegia.  Ankylosaurus lived in North America at the end of the Cretacious Period.  Ankylosaurus was as big as a tank.  I think Ankylosaurus was the strongest dinosaur ever found.  Ankylosaurus also had a hard bony club on it's tail and a lot of spikes on it's back and head. 

I learned a lot about the Ankylosaurus and other dinosaurs as the week-long Paleontology and Archaeology camp I went to at the Discovery Center of Idaho last summer. 

Chicago Field Museum

I would like to go to the Field Museum in Chicago, so I can see the most complete Tyrannosaurus named Sue.  People think that this dinosaur runs fast, but he is very slow.  People think that he is a scavenger, because of his bones. Other people think that he runs fast and chases other dinosaurs to eat them. But because he runs so slow he has to be a scavenger. He runs at something around 6 mph.

I read on Fact Monster that Sue's foot bones were studied so closely, scientists found out Sue only walks at 6 mph and runs at 15mph.

She was a lot slower than they thought.

Sues fossils were so preserved that they saw where muscles and tendons once were.

Check out these websites for more information.

Welcome to Dino Madness

I want to be a  paleontologist when I grow up (I'm 8-years-old now).  I have an interest for dinosaurs.  I am creating a blog because I would like to share what I have learned about dinosaurs.

I like going to the Thanksgiving point museum in Utah, because they have a bunch of different dinosaurs are interesting.  I went to Walking with Dinosaurs and it is really neat because they have robot life size dinosaurs.  I also enjoyed the Dinosaur Park in Ogden, UT. The speakers in the bushes make a roaring sound. 

I am going to post a blog about a different dinosaur every month.  So please enjoy.