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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
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Dinosaurs representation
Technology has given us the ability to show precisely the dinosaurs as they were in the Mesozoic era. It is always nice to see a dinosaur exhibition in a museum, but it does not offer an accurate view of the life of these animals... MORE
Dinosaur Image Evolution
Our knowledge of dinosaurs is like a collage of thousands of constantly changing pieces that embrace a period of more than 150 years. Research is always done in the context of the philosophy and prejudices of the society of the time... MORE
Myths Surrounding Dinosaurs
The seemingly impenetrable mystery surrounding dinosaurs and their universe has acted as a powerful stimulant for the human imagination. Even though modern science has brought down many myths about dinosaurs... MORE
Dinosaur extinction
Dinosaurs dominated the landscape for most of the Mesozoic and are still, in a sense, very diverse today, for example with birds... MORE
Anatomy
Skeleton
If dinosaurs were a flourishing group, it's partly because of their anatomical structure. Their hind limbs were just above the body, which allowed them to... MORE
Warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
One of the most controversial questions scientists have been asking about dinosaurs in recent times is whether they were cold-blooded creatures, as they say... MORE
Brain and sensory systems
Like most soft tissues, the brain, nerves and sensory system of a dinosaur do not fossilize. But we can learn a lot about them by observing the... MORE
Diet
Diet
There are a lot of elements to determine how dinosaurs feed. Teeth, claws and jaws indicate their preference in this area, while... MORE
Carnivorous dinosaurs
The theropods had long forelimbs with sharp, curved claws that allowed them to catch prey and disembowel them with their rows of sharp teeth... MORE
Herbivorous dinosaurs
For dinosaurs, as for all animals, life consisted mainly in finding food and avoiding being eaten by others. The herbivores thus elaborated... MORE
Means of survival
All the dinosaurs, herbivorous or carnivorous, had difficulties to survive. They developed strategies for finding food and protecting themselves from predators... MORE