ABC’s of Dinosaurs
Cool facts about 26 types of dinosaurs alphabetically arranged from A to Z. Among the thousands of dinosaurs that lived on our mother earth, we have for you 26 dinosaurs with their names starting with alphabets A to Z.
Know about where these creatures lived when they were alive thousands of years ago and also know about other features like their height, length and weight.
Have fun!
| A for Apatosaurus Lived in : Jurassic period (200-145 million years ago) Height : 75 feet Length : 70-90 feet Weight : 25 tons Diet : Plants | B for Baryonyx Lived in : Early to Middle Cretaceous period (140 to 90 million years ago) Height : 8 feet Length : 32 feet Weight : 1.5- 2 tons Diet : Fish and plants | C for Coelophysis Lived in : Mid Triassic period (206-248 million years ago) Height : 3 feet Length : 10 feet Weight : 55 pounds Diet : Other animals |
| D for Diplocaulus Lived in : Permian period (248-290 million years ago) Height : 16 feet at the hips Length : 4 feet Weight : Upto 35 pounds Diet : Fish and insects | E for Elasmosaurs Lived in: Late Cretaceous period(65- 99 million years ago) Height: 30 feet Length: 46 feet Weight: 2 tons Diet: Fish, squid and other small sea creatures | F for Falcarius Lived in: Early Cretaceous period (130-125 million years ago) Height: 5 feet Length: 13 feet Weight: 1.5- 2 tons Diet: Plants and animals |
| G for Giganotosaurus Lived in: Early Cretaceous period Height: 23 feet Length: 46 feet Weight: Up to 8.8 tons Diet: Other animals | H for Hesperosaurus Lived in:Late Jurassic period (150 million years ago)Length: 20 feet Weight: 1 ton Diet: Plants | I for Ichthyosaurus Lived in: Early Jurassic period (180-206 million years ago) Height: 75 feet Length: 6.5 feet Weight: 200 pounds Diet: Fish, octopuses, other marine animals |
| J for Jinzhousaurus Lived in: Early Cretaceous period Height: 8 feet Length: 19.5 feet Weight: 1 ton Diet: Plants | K for Kronosaurus Lived in: Early Cretaceous period Length: 23-30 feet Weight: Upto 22 tons Diet: Fish, molluscs, sharks, reptiles, turtles, plesiosaurs | L for Leopleurodon Lived in: Late Jurassic period Length: 4 feet Weight: Upto 150 tons Diet: Fish, squids, reptiles, plesiosaurs |
| M for Mussaurus Lived in: Late Triassic period Height: 25 feet Length: 10 feet Weight: 154 pounds Diet: Other animals | N for Nothasaurus Lived in: Early to late Triassic period Height: 3 feet Length: 10 feet Weight: 1.5-2 tons Diet: Fish and crabs | O for Ornithomimus Lived in: Cretaceous period (70 million years ago) Height: 6 feet Length: 11.5 feet Weight: 360 pounds Diet: Plants and animals |
| P for Plesiosaur Lived in: Early-Middle Jurassic period (120-135 milion years ago) Height: Under 1 meter Length: 15 feet Weight: 1,000 pounds Diet: Fish and molluscs | Q for Quetzacoatlus Lived in: Late Cretaceous period Height: 18 feet Wingspan: Upto 49 feet Weight: 150-300 pounds Diet: Fish, shellfish, crabs | R for Rajasaurus Lived in: Late Cretaceous period Height: 9.8 feet Length: 30 feet Weight: 1 ton Diet: Other animals |
| S for Stegosaurus Lived in: Late Jurassic period Height: 3 feet Length: Upto 30 feet Weight: Upto 2 tons Diet: Soft vegetation | T for Tyrannosaurus Lived in: Cretaceous period Height: 12-13 feet at the hips Length: Upto 43 feet Weight: Upto 7.5 tons Diet: Fish and insects | U for Utahraptor Lived in: Early Cretaceous period Height: 16- 20 feet tall at the head Length: 16- 23 feet Weight: Upto 2 tons Diet: Meat, especially, plant eating dinosaurs |
| V for Velociraptor Lived in: Late Cretaceous period Height: 3-4 feet tall at hips Length: 6 feet Weight: 100 pounds Diet: Other dinosaurs | W for Wannanosaurus Lived in: Late Cretaceous period Height: 1 feet Length: 2 feet Weight: 10 pounds Diet: Plants | X for Xiaosaurus Lived in: Late Jurassic period Height: 1.5 feet Length: 5 feet Weight: 75-100 pounds Diet: Plants |
| Y for Yangchuanosaurus Lived in: Late Jurassic period Height: 75 feet Length:Upto 35 feet Weight: Upto 3.7 tons Diet: Other animals | Z for Zhuchengosaurus Lived in: Early Cretaceous period Height: 29.5 feet Length: 55 feet Weight: 15 tons Diet: Plants |
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