Dimetrodon
Lived before the dinosaurs
Had a sail on its back
Was a meat eater
Apatosaurus
Plant eater
Long neck and tail
Longer back legs than front legs
Was called brontosaurus
Stegosaurus
Plant eater
Had plates on its back and 4 spikes on its tail
Walked on four legs, low to the ground
Nut sized brain
Brachiosaurus
Plant eater
Longer front legs than back legs.
Long neck and tail
Nostrils on top of its head
Diplodocus
Plant eater
Very long neck and tail
Pads on its feet like an elephant
Allosaurus
Meat eater
Walked on two legs
Short front legs with three claws
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Meat eater
Walked on two legs
Big head with long, sharp teeth
Very small front legs with 2 claws
Triceratops
Plant eater
Three horns on its head
Frill of bone on its neck
Plant eater
Walked on four feet
Bony ball on its tail
Bumps of bone on its body
Ankylosaurus
Pteranodon
Flying reptile
Fish eater
Wings made of skin stretched over bones
25 foot wing span
Pachycephalosaurus
Plant eater
Thick skull with bumps of bone
Walked on two feet
Trachodon
Plant eater
Duck billed mouth
Over 1000 teeth
Walked on two or four feet
Fossils tell scientists about animals and plants that lived long ago.
• This fossil would tell what this dinosaur ate. What did this dinosaur eat?
•Meat!
•He walked on two feet and was fast!
•This fossil tells how this dinosaur moved. How did it move?
This fossil would tell you what this dinosaur looked like. What dinosaur is it?
It’s a stegosaurus!
This is a fossil of an ocean animal .
What kind of fossils are these? Animal or plant?
Plant!