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Saturday, December 24, 2011

9 Interesting Facts From Dinosaurs

According to a recent study, estimated Dinosaurs persisted for more than 700,000 years after the Earth was hit by a giant meteorite, which was initially believed to have been experiencing a extinction.

Here are some interesting facts about dinosaurs.

Heaviest Dinosaur

Heaviest dinosaur was Brachiosaurus, which weighed about 80 tons. Equivalent to 17 African elephants. Brachiosaurus has a height of 16 m and 26 m long, is the largest mounted dinosaur skeleton in a museum.

Smallest Dinosaurs

The smallest dinosaur fossils entirely from plant-eating bird species such as Lesothosaurus, which is only about the size of chicken. Examples of smaller fossils were also found but still a baby.

Smallest Dinosaur Eggs

The smallest dinosaur eggs have been found only along the 3 cm, but not known of any type.

Most Intelligent Dinosaurs

One of the most intelligent dinosaurs was Troodon. Classified as a dinosaur hunter length is about 2 meters. Having a brain size similar to mammals, with sharp vision (stereoscopic vision), and sharp grip.

Most Stupid Dinosaurs

Stegosaurus had a brain size of a walnut, with a length of 3 cm and weighs 75 grams. Compared to brain size to body size sauropodomorph, like Platesaurus, this dinosaur was probably the most stupid of a kind.

Dinosaurs Top

Dinosaurs are the highest of a group of sauropods Brachiosaurus. Front legs is longer than the hind legs, like a giraffe. Combined with a very long neck, it can stand upright, so as to explore the tallest trees. Types of groups of Brachiosaurus are known as high as 13 meters. Sauroposeidon types are large and can grow up to 18.5 meters, so it is the tallest dinosaur.

The Fastest Dinosaurs Walking Ability

Dinosaurs are the fastest type of sort ornithomimids ostrich, like Dromiceiomimus, capable of running at speeds up to 60 km / hour.

The oldest dinosaurs

The oldest known dinosaur 230juta years old, and have been found in Madagascar. Dino of this type have not been officially named. Earlier there were dinosaurs of this type of Eoraptor whose age is estimated to 228 million years.

Longest Dinosaur Name

Dinosaur with the longest name is Micropachycephalosaurus meaning 'lizard berkepal mini'. This type of dino fossil found in China and have been named in 1978 by the Chinese palaeontologist Dong.

How many, types of dinosaurs have been found in Britain?

So far there are about 108 species of dinosaurs have been found in Britain. English is an important area during the Mesozoic Era, which acts as a bridge between North America with Eurasia. British dinosaurs include Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, Neovenator, Eotyrannus and Cetiosaurus.

This data was obtained from the Dinosaur Museum.

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