All About Dinosaurs

All About Dinosaurs

• What is a Dinosaur?
• 93 Dinosaur Information Pages, including Apatosaurus, T. rex, Triceratops, Velociraptor, and more!
• 107 Dinosaur Print-outs
• How Dinosaurs are Named
• What Do Dinosaur Names Mean?
• The Evolution of Dinosaurs
• Dinosaurs and Birds
• Record Breakers
• Dinosaur Myths

Dino News

• News Index (archive)

Anatomy and Behavior

• Blood Pressure
• Brains
• Defense
• Diet
• General Anatomy
• Herds and Packs
• Hot or Cold Blooded?
• Is it Male or Female?
• Life Span
• Locomotion
• Offense
• Reproduction, Nests, and Eggs
• Size
• Skeleton
• Skin
• Tail
• Teeth

The Mesozoic Era

Explore the climate, geology, and dinosaurs from these ancient times.

• The Mesozoic Era
  • Triassic period
  • Jurassic period
  • Cretaceous period
• Ages of the Mesozoic

Classification

• Dinosaur Classification
  • Major Dinosaur Families
  • Dinosaur Genera
  • Saurischians - “Lizard-Hipped” Dinos
  • Ornithischians - “Bird-Hipped” Dinos
• What are Taxonomy and Cladistics?
• Not Dinosaurs, but Old and Interesting
• Dinosaur Cladogram (includes all of ornithodira)

Dinosaur Fun!

• Dinosaur Jokes
• Online Coloring Book
• Games, Puzzles, Quizzes, and Activities
• Dinosaur Museums
• Dinosaur Crafts
• Art and Stamps
• Movies
• Vote for Your Favorite Dinosaur
• Dino Fiction
• Dinosaur Fan Pictures

Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary - over 1,504 entries: hundreds of dinosaurs and other ancient life forms, paleontology and geology terms, and the great fossil hunters of all time!

Extinction

Why did the dinosaurs go extinct?

• What is Extinction?
• The Alvarez Asteroid Theory
• Other K-T Extinction Theories
• Studying Extinctions

Fossils

• First Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries
• What are Fossils?
• How Fossils Form
• Types of Fossils
• Finding Fossils
• Excavating Fossils
• Dating Fossils
• Bony Jigsaw Puzzles
• Great Fossil Hunters
• Fossil Locations
  • Africa
  • Antarctica
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Europe
  • North America
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • Official US State dinos
  • South America

Dinosaur Quizzes

• Interactive, Illustrated Dinosaur Quiz! See if you know 10 basic dinosaur facts. The answers, both right and wrong, are explained thoroughly.
• Find It! Dinosaur Quizzes to print out.
• On-line Dinosaur Jumbled-Picture Quizzes! When you answer the questions correctly, a dinosaur picture will appear.
• Dinosaur Word Unscrambles Unscramble words to answer dino questions.

Questions and Answers

• Top Dinosaur Questions!
• Questions and Answers

Plants From the Time of the Dinosaurs

• Mesozoic Plants
• Triassic Plants
• Jurassic Plants
• Cretaceous Plants

Classroom Activities and Links

• Dinosaur Print-outs
• Dinosaur Calendar to Print
• Dinosaur Alphabet Book
• Dinosaur Crafts
• Dino Crossword puzzle
• PreK-Grade 2 Activities and Print-outs
• Grade 3+ Activities and Print-outs
• How to Write a Great Dinosaur Report
• How to Write a Funny Dinosaur Poem
• References and Recommended Books
• Recommended Links
• How to Cite Zoom Dinosaurs

Geologic Time Charts

• Detailed version
• Short version
• Just the Mesozoic Era

Misc.

• Dinosaur Site Index