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Daily Dinosaur #44: Echinodon (Eck-een-oh-don)



Name meaning: Hedgehog tooth
Length: 2 feet
Weight: 4.5 kg
Found: England
Lived: Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Species: E. becklesii
Record/s: Smallest Heterodontosaurid, Youngest Heterodontosaurid

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Daily Dinosaur #77: An adult sauropod, especially the larger sauropods, were probably immune to predation.

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Daily Dinosaur #45: Sinornithosaurus (Sign-awe-niff-oh-saw-us)



Name meaning: Chinese bird lizard
Length: 6 feet
Weight: 3 kg
Found: China
Lived: Early Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Species: S. millenii, S. haoiana
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #78: A Stegosaurus' tail and thagomizers were so powerful it could punch through bone. A hole through a vertebra of an Allosaurus exactly fits the thagomizer of a Stegosaurus.

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Daily Dinosaurs #46: Bambiraptor (Bam-bee-rap-tore)



Name meaning: Baby thief
Length: 3 feet
Weight: 2kg
Found: USA
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Species: B. feinbergi
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #79: "Dippy" the Diplodocus, whose home is the Natural History Musem in London, is often quoted as being fully grown, however, this is not true. Dippy, while certainly large, is a sub-adult, not a fully grown adult.

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Daily Dinosaur #47: Polacanthus (Pole-a-can-thus)



Name meaning: Many spines
Length: 16 feet
Weight: 2 tonnes
Found: England, United Kingdom
Lived: Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Species: P. foxii
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #80: Deinonychus was a pack hunter. A pair of Deinonychus skeletons and multiple Deinonychus teeth of different sizes have been found beside the skeleton of Tenontosaurus. The pair of Deinonychus are likely to be individuals killed while hunting the Tenontosaurus.

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Daily Dinosaur #48: Hypsilophodon (Hip-sill-off-oh-don)



Name meaning: High-crested tooth
Length: 7.5 feet
Weight: 50 kg
Found: England, Spain, United Kingdom
Lived: Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Species: H. foxii
Record/s: First Hypsilophodont discovered

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #81: The Allosaurus specimen, nicknamed Big Al, has at least 17 different injuries on its bones. Only one of these shows little sign of healing, which is the most infamous, the growth on the middle toe. It is not known how this injury may have come about, nor is it known if it is an injury or a cancerous growth.