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Daily Dinosaur #54: Euoplocephalus (You-oh-plough-sef-al-us)



Name meaning: Truly armoured head
Length: 19.5 feet
Weight: 2 tonnes
Found: Canada, USA
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Species: E. tutus, E. acutosquameus
Record/s: Most well-known Ankylosaurid to science

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #87: Stegosaurus' plates were too fragile to be used as weaponry or armour. Instead, they likely served as visual defence, making the animal look bigger than it was and potentially turning bright colours or maybe even producing eyespots to confuse predators. They also probably served as temperature-regulation and a display to others of their own kind.

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Daily Dinosaur #55: Oviraptor (Oh-vee-rap-tore)



Name meaning: Egg theif
Length: 6 feet
Weight: 20 kg
Found: Mongolia
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Species: O. philoceratops
Record/s: First Oviraptorid discovered

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #88: While Tyrannosaurus may not have been the biggest Theropod, it was the strongest and stockiest.

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Daily Dinosaur #56: Brachiosaurus (Brack-ee-oh-saw-us)



Name meaning: Arm lizard
Length: 27 feet
Weight: 70 tonnes
Found: USA, Portugal, Tanzania
Lived: Late Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Species: B. altithorax, B. ("Lusotitan"). atalaiensis, B. ("Giraffititan") brancai
Record/s: First Brachiosaurid found

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #89: A Pterosaur neck vertebrae has been found with the tooth of a Dromaeosaur embedded within it. While it could have been scavenged, this could suggest Dromaeosaurs may have been athletic enough to jump and grab a Pterosaur out of the air.

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Daily Dinosaur #57: Tarbosaurus (Tar-bow-saw-us)



Name meaning: Alarming lizard
Length: 40 feet
Weight: 5 tonnes
Found: Mongolia
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Species: T. bataar
Record/s: Largest Asian theropod, largest Asian Tyrannosauroid

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #90: Microraptor feathers suggest at least portions of it were black and iridescent. While it is likely that the entire animal was black, it is just as likely that there were other colours, too.

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Daily Dinosaur #58: Styracosaurus (Sty-rack-oh-saw-us)



Name meaning: Spiked lizard
Length: 18 feet
Weight: 3 tonnes
Found: Canada, USA
Lived: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Species: S. albertensis
Record/s: N/A

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #91: Carcharodontosaurus has sharp, blade-like serrated teeth very similar to a shark's. This is how it got its name which means "Shark-toothed lizard".