Ornitholestes is a Small Bipedal Carnivore Ornitholestes, pronounced “or-NITH-o-less-teez”, was a small but fast bipedal dinosaur that lived in the areas of modern day Wyoming and Utah. It was a hunter of small game, like lizards, and its name comes from the Greek words meaning “bird robber”. This theropod lived in the late Jurassic period, […]
Theropoda
Eoraptor
Eoraptor was a Very Primitive Dinosaur Eoraptor, pronounced “EE-oh-RAP-tor, was one of the earliest known dinosaurs. It’s name comes from the Greek, meaning “Dawn plunderer”. It lived in the Triassic period, about 228 million years ago. Eoraptor lived in what is today the northwestern region of South America. Eoraptor was from the saurischia, or “lizard-hipped”, […]
Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus was a Small, Cretaceous Theropod Dromaeosaurus, pronounced “DRO-me-uh-SAWR-us”, was a small theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, about 76 to 75 million years ago. Its name comes from the Greek words “dromeos” meaning “runner” and “saurus” meaning lizard. The meaning behind the name refers to its long legs which were obviously built for […]
Gallimimus
Gallimimus is the Largest Ornithomimid Dinosaur Gallimimus pronounced “Gal-ih-MY-mus”, was a dinosaur from the Ornithomimidae family, which was a genus of theropod dinosaurs that looked like modern day ostriches. It was actually the largest of the Ornithomimids. Its name comes from the Greek words meaning “rooster mimic”, referring to its similarity to a flightless bird. […]
Avimimus
Avimimus was a Bird-like Theropod from the Cretaceous Avimimus (pronounced AH-vee-MIME-us) was a feathered theropod dinosaur that lived about 95 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period in what is now Mongolia. It’s name comes from the Greek words meaning “bird mimic” because of its distinction as the first discovered dinosaur, with so many […]
Allosaurus
Allosaurus – The Commonly Overlooked Carnivore Named with the Grecian term meaning “different lizard,” Allosaurus perplexed archeologists with a unique bone structure and vertebrae pattern. It’s for this difference and the debate those differences provoked that many paleontologists opted out of further discovery and discussion of this particular dinosaur. Classified as simply “a huge carnivore,” […]