Unbelievable but True Facts about Dinosaurs

• The meaning of word dinosaur is Terrible Lizard. It is derived from Greek word “Deinos” which means Terrible and “sauros” which means lizard.

• The period during which Dinosaurs dominated earth is called Jurassic period or Jurassic age.

• Dinosaurs’ first appearance on Earth is about 248 to 213 millions year old.

• Dinosaurs became extinct about 65 millions years ago.
• The first skeleton of Dinosaur was found in 1858.
• Most of the species of Dinosaur hatch form the egg.
• All the information that we have today on Dinosaurs is based on analysis of frozen fossils.
• Blue Whales are the largest creatures on earth even larger than the dinosaurs.

 

• There are about seven hundred species of dinosaurs.
• It is believed that dinosaurs died due to hunger. The reason of non-availability of foods was an asteroid which crashed on Earth and blocked the sunlight due to which food became scarce and dinosaurs starved to death.
• The smallest dinosaur was about the size of a chicken known as “Compsognathus”.
• The largest dinosaur was about 40 meters long.
• Plant-eating Dinosaurs are called “Herbivores” whereas meat-eating dinosaurs are called “Carnivores”.
• Most of the dinosaur species were Herbivores (Plant eaters).
• It is believed that some dinosaurs could run as fast as 25 miles per hour.

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