dinosaur

     

Dinosaurs were the ominant vertebrate animals of terrestrial ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period (about 230 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous period (65 million years ago), when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event.

Trivia about dinosaur

  • In 1842, Richard Owen coined this word for “dinosaur”
  • Sir Richard Owen coined this word around 1841 to describe the ancient creature he dug up & displayed
  • The velociraptor, one of these prehistoric reptiles, had clawed fingers & toes
  • The smallest of these recognized by Guinness is the chicken-sized Compsognathus
  • In July 1993 an egg containing the embryo of one of these was found at Ukhaa Tolgod in the Gobi
  • The name of this extinct critter comes from words meaning "terrible lizard"
  • The thrill ride once known as "Countdown to Extinction" was renamed for this 2000 film about prehistoric times
  • Fossil tracks of Limayichnus major, a type of this, can be seen near El Chocon, Argentina
  • 3-foot long Compsognathus, meaning "pretty jaw", was the smallest of these thought to have existed
  • Guinness says the smallest footprint made by one of these, back in the Jurassic period, is just .7 inches long

Tweets about dinosaur

  • @danisnotonfire is the dinosaur onesie gonna come out ever year
  • #wearethepeople Dinosaur skeletons returned to Mongolia
  • I liked a @YouTube video Dan the Dinosaur vs. Phil the Lion - THE EXTINCTION RACE
  • If Even One Person Believes Steven Spielberg Killed A Dino, It's Too Many @NygelBartlett
  • .@PBSKIDS' @DINOSAURTRAIN A to Z App is $0.99 - limited time! Available on the App Store:
  • RT @TerrileaClayton: @danisnotonfire The dinosaur and the lion is backkk
  • RT @sashaspielberg: I know for a fact the last dinosaur my dad shot was in 1998. With a Panavision camera.
  • Don't take a foot pic if you have dinosaur feet 😂😂😂😂😂 ew bye
  • A Whole Bunch Of People On Facebook Thought Steven Spielberg Killed A Real Dinosaur
  • Baby dinosaurs! Thousands of incredible, 70-million-year-old footprints found in Alaska:
  • Why is a mining magnate who built a dinosaur theme park shaking up Australian politics? Our primer -
  • See the photos: Dinosaur fossils seized in New York are returned to Mongolia
  • it began with a lion, followed by a dinosaur. then came the great race over water. coming to danisnotonfire tomorrow.. THE EXTINCTION RACE!
  • "Rawr means 'I love you' in dinosaur" actually "rawr" means everything in dinosaur. I majored in Dinosaur at Harvard so I'm pretty smart.
  • "You can have all the money in the world but there is one thing you will never have............ ......... a dinosaur" - Homer Simpson
  • ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i really wanna ride a dinosaur!! RT if you would like to ride a dinosaur. Do not RT if you are a DAMNED LIAR
  • Dinosaur face-off
  • They told me I couldn't have a pet dinosaur. They LIED.
  • Huge trove of dinosaur footprints discovered: 'A family destination for millions of years'
  • RT @XAVIERLEEDS: $80,000 worth of damage fees? What the hell kind of eggs did he throw? Dinosaur eggs??!!?
  • #votearianagrande When I wake up in the morning and stretch, I make baby dinosaur noises.
  • RAWR! goes the dinosaur.
  • Testing Everest & Dinosaur at #AnimalKingdom! Being a cast member has its perks! #DisneySide
  • RT @RubberNinja: doesn't this look like a 6 year old drew a robot dinosaur with as many guns and lasers as he could …
  • Huge trove of dinosaur footprints discovered in Alaska
  • i just watched a dinosaur dancing. what am i doing with my life
  • @justinbieber helloooooo cx
  • @halo_Dinosaur_b ありがとう 嬉しい!h
  • Dinosaur Print thief pleads. Antiquities theft it a big issue in the Southwest.
  • RT @whynottosmile: You can't have a pet dinosaur
  • @saxyguy38 can you introduce me to your dinosaur friend? 😂😂
  • Stanley Tucci and the dinosaur robots made the new, never-ending Transformers film. Everything else was trash.
  • "Have you been hanging out with the Doctor recently?" "No." "Then where's you get the dinosaur?" "On a ship. ....
  • Is 33 too old to eat an ice cream cone in public? People are looking at me like I'm chewing on a toy dinosaur
  • RT @operationlibyia: #Islam meet a new type of #Dinosaur called #Arabsaurus :).
  • RT @HuffingtonPost: Huge trove of dinosaur tracks discovered in national park
  • Riding Expedition Everest and Dinosaur over and over with the lights on all night #CastMemberPerks #backstagemagic
  • @LiteralRobinson dude dinosaur chicken nuggets r the illest
  • #100happydays Dinosaur kitties. What present could be better than this. #100HappyDaysForClaudia
  • RT @canadasandra: I can't do baby twitter this morning *collective sigh* because I'm taking my kids to a dinosaur exhibit *polite applause*…
  • RT @boss_andre1: “@Nigel_Ekasan: U lot remember this little retarded dinosaur on Tracy beaker? Looooooool
  • RT @ashtonsgiggles: BUT IM SO MAD BC PTERODACTYLS ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS AND THEY DONT HAVE STUFFED ANIMALS OF THEM THEY HAVE EVERY …
  • Huge Trove of Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Alaska
  • @robfee @andylevy @brettryland @SortaBad @TheThomason It is better than Denver the Last Dinosaur but not even close as good as Fraggle Rock.
  • @Ned_makes_pies *hisses like a DINOSAUR*