Dinosaur

Brachiosaurus

The Brachiosaurus is one of the most popular dinosaurs to appear in movies. It is one of the seven dinosaurs present in the original episode of the Jurassic Park saga (the others being Dilophosaurus, Triceratops, Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus and of course the now famous Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus)... MORE

Allosaurus

Allosaurus is one of the first dinosaurs to appear on the big screen during his cameo appearance in the silent feature film "The Lost World", produced in 1925. This film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle also featured the Pteranodon pterosaur and the Apatosaurus sauropod... MORE

Velociraptor

The Velociraptor is well known to the general public for being an extremely fast and intelligent dinosaur hunting in packs and able to ambush its prey; while the target is distracted by the Velociraptor in front of him, two others flank and attack him on the sides... MORE

Diplodocus

Diplodocus was one of those gigantic sauropod dinosaurs moving at the speed of a turtle. This dinosaur is the longest to have existed and an adult specimen could measure more than 175 feet from the tip of its muzzle to the end of its tail. In comparison, a university football field is 300 feet long... MORE

Gallimimus

The Gallimimus is the largest known dinosaurs of the ornithomimids, or dinosaur "imitating the birds". It was one of the greatest discoveries of the Mongolian-Polish expeditions of the 1960s in Mongolia. Skeletons of animals arrived at different stages of growth... MORE

Tyrannosaurus Rex

The tyrannosaur is indisputably the most famous dinosaur of all times but also the biggest meat-eater that ever lived in north america. Who can boast of such an exploit?! It’s popularity stems from it’s very wide media coverage in cinema and television. Being cast as the villain... MORE

Triceratops

The Triceratops is another dinosaur who enjoyed its moments of glories on the big screen when it starred in "Jurassic Park". Although it is popular with many people, its notoriety does not quite reach that of T Rex. The Triceratops is a large ceratopsian quadripede (horned face)... MORE

Mosasaurus

The Mosasaurus is an extinct species of huge carnivorous aquatic lizards. The meaning of the name Mosasaurus, "Lizard of the Meuse", refers to the place where the very first specimens of this dinosaur were found: the river Meuse in Europe. This marine reptile lived in... MORE

Dilophosaurus

The Dilophosaurus is another dinosaur who became known for his role in the very popular movie Jurassic Park. But just like the Velociraptor, the producers have conveyed a lot of lies about this creature to the point that people have a completely distorted view of this beast... MORE

Pteranodon

"Pterodactyl" is a generic term used by people to refer to two famous pterosaurs of the Mesozoic Era: Pteranodon and Pterodactylus. Ironically though, these two flying reptiles were not really related and they were both interesting enough to earn their own names... MORE

Quetzalcoatlus

The Quetzalcoatlus northropi dominated the North American skies at the end of the dinosaur age and flew over famous creatures like the Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. Very little known, this huge pterosaur is possibly the largest flying animal to ever exist. As big and tall as a giraffe... MORE

Stegosaurus

The Stegosaurus is a large herbivorous dinosaur that occupies an important place in the popular imagination because of its morphology which is iconic in the animal kingdom: its back is covered with two rows of triangular bony plates mounted vertically on both sides of his spine and is ended by a small... MORE