Monday, July 30, 2012

My Mom and Dad's favorite Dinosaurs

Triceratops



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Velociraptor
Triceratops was the last horned dinosaur. It was biggest horned face. They have 800 teeth. Triceratops means ''three horned face.'' They lived in the late Cretaceous period 72-65 million years ago. It was 25 feet long 9.5 feet tall and weighed 6-10 tons. It was named 1889. It's two top horns were 3feet long. There  frill reached the widths of  7 feet. Paleontologist thought that Triceratops horns belonged to a buffalo. Now the Velociraptor. They have one seven inch long sickle claw on each foot. They can run up to 40 miles per hour. It was found in 1924 in Mongolia. It was 6 feet long  3 feet high and weighed 30 pounds. Velociraptor means ''swift lizard.'' They lived in the late Cretaceous period 83-70 million years ago. They are one of the smallest raptors. Velociraptor was found by the true Indiana Jones Roy Chapman Andrews.