Top 10 Most Popular Dinosaurs
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Everyone knows dinosaurs. We can see dinosaurs in dinosaur cards and some television dramas and cartoons. So, what are the types of dinosaurs? Topshare has compiled list about top ten most popular dinosaurs species.
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Iguanodon
Iguanodon is a large bird-footed dinosaur. It is about 9 to 10 meters long and 4 to 5 meters high. It has a sharp claw on the front thumb and may be used to resist predators. They mainly lived from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (65 million to 200 million years ago). The hind legs are well developed, erect about 5 meters high, and 11 meters long from the head to the tip of the tail. The tail is heavy and balanced. Vegetarian, long tongue, jagged teeth, used to tear and chop leaves.
Iguanodon is an ancient reptile and the earliest dinosaur found. Fossils were discovered in the south of England in 1822. It is about 9 meters long and weighs 7 tons. The forelimbs have five fingers, Walk on two feet and feed on plants. Fossils are mainly found in Europe, North America, North Africa and East Asia.
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Therizinosaurus
Therizinosaurus is a slow-moving dinosaur. Its sharp claws are like a sickle, which is very strange. Paleontologists believe that Therizinosaurus is a specialized group of carnivorous dinosaurs. It feeds on plants, fruits, and insects, and it may have a series of catabolize characteristics that are the result of convergence and evolution. Therizinosaurus is mainly distributed in East Asia and North America. Most species lived in the late Cretaceous, but the literature shows that fossils of the Therizinosaurus group have also been found in early Jurassic.
Living in the late Cretaceous period, Therizinosaurus is a bird-like omnivorous dinosaur. Its fossils are distributed in Central Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The giant claw is like a sickle. The most prominent feature of them is its six giant claws on its forelimbs. These giant claws are 75 cm long and shaped like a scythe to weed removal. These giant claws can be used to drive out natural enemies, acquire objects, or compete for spouses. However, although its claws are large, it can only act as a little deterrent to its only enemy, Tyrannosaurus. Although the body of Therizinosaurus may be covered with relatively primitive feathers, its body is quite stout and cannot fly like birds.
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Velociraptor
Velociraptor is one of the most widely known dinosaurs. This is due to their impressive expression in "Jurassic Park" novel and the movie of the same name. However, the novel and movie version have a misrepresentation of Velociraptor. For paleontologists, Velociraptor is an important dinosaur. More than 10 fossils of Velociraptor have been found.
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Oviraptor
Oviraptor is a small theropod dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous and 1.8 to 2.5 meters long. It is similar to an ostrich, with pointed claws and long tail. It is speculated that it has strong exercise ability and agility. It can use a tough tail like a kangaroo to maintain its balance and run fast.
Some experts believe that Oviraptor is closely related to birds. They are many similar behaviors and characteristics to birds. When disaster strikes, they may be hatching eggs like birds. It is like some reptiles. After laying the eggs, they will bury the eggs in the sand. After burying them, they do not want to leave in a hurry, but wait with the eggs to prevent other animals from attacking them.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex. Tyrannosaurus Rex, lives in the end of the Cretaceous, which is about 68.5 million to 65 million years ago. One of the last non-bird dinosaur species before the Era extinction event. Fossils are found in the United States and Canada in North America, and are among the latest extinct dinosaurs.
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