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Dinosaurs of the Jurassic

Tyrannosaurus Rex

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The T-Rex is the most well known dinosaur there is. They are the definition of an apex predator, with one of the strongest bite forces of all time, massive and powerful legs, as well as a massive 14m long, 4m tall 8 tonne body. T-Rexes lived in North America during the late cretaceous, all the way up to the great extinction. They ate medium sized herbeviours like ankylosaurus and famously Triceratops. Fun fact, Tyrannosaurus Rex means "tyrant lizard king".

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Therizinosaurus

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Therizinosaurus was a very interesting dinosaur. It grew to 10m tall, stood on two legs, and had extremely long claws on its hands that were sometimes up to a meter long. This dinosaur live in Asia during the late cretaceous were it ruled as a herbivore using its claws to pull down and eat tall tree branches. Because of a recent jurassic world movie, some think therizinosaurs were blind, but although they might not of had the best vision they could still see.

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Protoceratops

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Like the therizinosaurus, the protoceatops lived in Asia during the late cretaceous. It's Name of Dino means 'first horned face' as it was one of the earliest of the ceratopsians group that the famous triceratops is in. Protoceratops was a smaller herbivour only the size of an average dog. Like the triceratops it had a bony frill around its neck, a beak and a small horn on its nose.

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Quetzalcoatlus (not a dinosaur)

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Quetzalcoatlus is second in fame only to the pteradactyl in terms of pterosaurs. It is the biggest known pterosaur with a wingspan of up to 12m. That's the length of a bus! It lived in North America during the late cretaceous. The Name of Dino Quetzalcoatlus is based of an Aztec god called Quetzalcōātl, who is the god of wind and knowledge.

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