Dinosaur Fact # 5 +
Camarasaurus was the most common of the giant sauropods to be found in North America but only average in size: about 18 meters (60 ft) in length as adults, and weighing up to 18 tonnes (19.8 tons). It lived in the Late Jurassic Period, between 155 and 145 million years ago.
This is Pleo, a newly-hatched baby Camarasaurus / robot / AIBO type thing. “Like any creature, Pleo feels hunger and fatigue - offset by powerful urges to explore and be nurtured. He’ll graze, nap and toddle about on his own -when he feels like it! Pleo dinosaur can change his mind and his mood, just as you do”.Wow, my own little Dinosaur.Where do I sign?
Dinosaur Fact #4
A fossilised “sea monster” unearthed on an Arctic island is the largest marine reptile known to science, Norwegian scientists have announced. The 150 million-year-old specimen was found on Spitspergen, in the Arctic island chain of Svalbard, in 2006.
The Jurassic-era leviathan is one of 40 sea reptiles from a fossil “treasure trove” uncovered on the island. Nicknamed “The Monster”, the immense creature would have measured 15m (50ft) from nose to tail. A large pliosaur was big enough to pick up a small car in its jaws and bite it in half Richard Forrest, plesiosaur palaeontologist And during the last field expedition, scientists discovered the remains of another so-called pliosaur which is thought to belong to the same species as The Monster - and may have been just as colossal.
The expedition’s director Dr Jorn Hurum, from the University of Oslo Natural History Museum, said the Svalbard specimen is 20% larger than the previous biggest marine reptile - another massive pliosaur from Australia called Kronosaurus.
Straight offa the BBC.
Trumpetosaurus
My good friend Andy has taken a keen interest in my quest to be brilliant at Dinosaurs. Andy, as much as I appreciate your efforts, perhaps you’d be better served spending some time trying to be brilliant at ‘photography in which the viewer can actually read all of the text’.
Meanwhile, I’ll find out some more about the trumpet Dino.
Dinosaur Fact # 3
The longest Dinosaur name: Micropachycephalosaurus.
Bonus : Dinonews here… Thanks Stiffler.
Dinosaur Fact # 2
Dinosaur eggs (relative to the weight of the mother) are smaller than those of modern birds . In fact, the largest known dinosaur eggs are much smaller than those of the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar.
The Archosauromorpha Infraclass
This is brilliant. Perfect for when I am Brilliant At Dinosaurs. Thank you Neil.
Dinosaur Fact #1
Giganotosaurus beats Tyrannosaurus to the coveted title of ‘largest know flesh-eater’. Giganotosaurus reached lengths of up to 12.5 m and could weigh a whopping 8 tonnes, compared to the T-Rex (as Dino’ experts say), which fell short at 12 m and just 6 tonnes.
Brilliant At…
When I was at school I had a friend who was ‘brilliant at Sharks’. He knew everything there was to know about Sharks and he was the envy of almost everyone.
We got talking about this in the office and decided it would be brilliant to be introduced as being ‘brilliant at something’ rather than being introduced with some cock job title.
So everyone is going to be brilliant at something, I intend to be ‘brilliant at Dinosaurs’.
Incidentally, ‘Sharky’ as he’s sometimes know, is still my friend and is still brilliant at Sharks, oh and he’s an idiot.
