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Daily Dinosaur #65: Pedopenna (Ped-oh-pay-na)



Name meaning: Feathery foot
Length: 3 feet
Weight: 5kg
Lived: Late Jurassic
Found: China
Diet: Carnivore
Species: P. daohugouensis
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #97: While Ornithomimosaurs are often known as "ostrich mimics", their name actually means "bird mimics". Struthiomimus, one of many Ornithomimosaurs, however, does mean "ostrich mimic".

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Daily Dinosaur #66: Coelophysis (See-low-fie-sis)



Name meaning: Hollow form
Length: 9 feet
Weight: 27 kg
Lived: Late Triassic
Found: USA
Diet: Carnivore
Species: C. bauri
Record/s: Oldest North American Dinosaur, Oldest North American Theropod, First Dinosaur in space, First North American Triassic dinosaur discovered

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #98: Dinosaurs weren't always the top predators of the environment, even when their reign was at the most prevalent. Europe used to be similar to the Bahamas or the Philippines. One island was known as Hatzeg island. This was home to dwarf dinosaurs, however, they did not reign supreme. The top predator was a giant Pterosaur known as Hatzegopteryx. It was so big because, unlike the dinosaurs which were stuck there, it could fly from island to island, exploiting the resources from different areas.

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Daily Dinosaur #67: Skorpiovenator (Scorpio-vee-nate-ore)



Name meaning: Scorpion Hunter
Length: 20 feet
Weight: 1.7 tonnes
Lived: Early Cretaceous
Found: Argentina
Diet: Carnivore
Species: S. bustingorryi
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #99: Fossilized faeces, or "coprolite", from dinosaurs sometimes show what they may have eaten. Carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, typically contain pieces of bone from their prey. Herbivorous dinosaurs typically contain pine needles, twigs and other plant matter. It is extremely difficult to trace exactly what dinosaur, however, the coprolite comes from.

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Daily Dinosaur #68: Cetiosaurus (Set-ee-oh-saw-us)



Name meaning: Whale lizard
Length: 52 feet
Weight: 24 tonnes
Lived: Middle Jurassic
Found: England, Portugal, Morocco
Diet: Herbivore
Species: C. mogrebiensis, C. medius, C. conybearei, C. oxoniensis
Record/s: First Sauropod found, First Cetiosaur found, Most complete English Sauropod, Most complete Cetiosaur

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #100: The first Triceratops horn discovered was at first thought to be a giant bison horn. It was only when they found the horn attached to a skull was it that they realised it was a giant horned Dinosaur.

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Daily Dinosaur #69: Buitreraptor (Boo-eat-ree-rap-tore)



Name meaning: Buitrera (derived from "Buitre", the Spanish for vulture) thief
Length: 5 feet
Weight: 3 kg
Lived: Early Cretaceous
Found: Argentina
Diet: Carnivore
Species: B. gonzalezorum
Record/s: First Dromaeosaur found in the Southern hemisphere, Smallest Dromaeosaur from the Southern Hemisphere, Smallest Dromaeosaur from Argentina, Smallest Dromaeosaur from South America, Earliest Dromaeosaur from South America

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