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Daily Dinosaur #34: Sinraptor (Sin-rap-tore)



Name meaning: Chinese thief
Length: 25 feet
Weight: 1 tonne
Found: China
Lived: Middle Jurassic
Diet: Carnivore
Species: S. dongi, S. hepingensis
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #67: Majungasaurus remains were found with gouges in the bone. It was at first thought that a larger kind of theropod was behind this. It actually turned out it was another Majungasaurus as Majungasaurus teeth fit the gouges perfectly. This is the only physical evidence of dinosaur cannibalism known.

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Daily Dinosaur #35: Camptosaurus (Camp-toe-saw-us)



Name meaning: Bent lizard
Length: 16 feet
Weight: 1 tonne
Found: England, United Kingdom, USA
Lived: Late Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Species: C. dispar, C. aphanoecetes, C. prestwichii
Record/s: Earliest Iguanodontid

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #68: Sauropods are known for their long neck, however, Mamenchisaurus took this to the extreme, having the longest neck of any dinosaur at 18 meters.

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Daily Dinosaur #36: Dromiceiomimus (Drow-mice-e-o-mime-us)



Name meaning: Emu mimic
Length: 11 feet
Weight: 100kg
Found: Canada
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Species: D. brevitertius, D. samueli
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #69: Dimetrodon is often mistaken for a dinosaur. However, it is not even closely related to dinosaurs. In fact, Dimetrodon is more closely related to us than dinosaurs. It also lived in the Permian era, before the dinosaurs evolved.

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Daily Dinosaur #37: Gorgosaurus (Gore-go-saw-us)



Name meaning: Fierce lizard
Length: 30 feet
Weight: 2.5 tonnes
Found: Canada, USA
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Species: G. libratus
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #70: The dinosaurs' reign was so vast, Tyrannosaurus lived closer to us than to Stegosaurus.

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Daily Dinosaur #38: Anatotitan (An-at-o-tie-tun)



Name meaning: Duck titan
Length: 40 feet
Weight: 7.3 tonnes
Found: USA
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Species: A. copei
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #71: The biggest Hadrosaur, Shantungosaurus, was also the biggest dinosaur that was not a Sauropod. In fact, it would've dwarfed some of the smaller Sauropods!