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Facts on
Dinosaurs
Aniketh Ajesh [ 4A ]
1 . The word ‘ dinosaur ’, originally coined by British paleontologist named Richard Owen in 1842 , came from the greek words ‘ dienos ’ ( terrible ) and ‘ sauros ’ ( reptile )
2 . Scientists now believe the Spinosaurus was the largest carnivorous dinosaur .
3 . There were actually reptiles on Earth before dinosaurs .
4 . Scientists speculate that some large dinosaurs like the Apatosaurus lived as long as 300 years
The types of dinosaurs is the T-rex .
5 . Many dinosaur skulls had big holes in them which had two purposes . It made them lighter and kept them cool .
6 . Many scientists believe that there are numerous species of dinosaurs which have not yet been discovered .
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7 . The first dinosaur ever named was the Megalosaurus , named in 1824 by Reverend .
8 . Dinosaur remains were first found in North America on the upper Missouri river in 1854 by an American geologist named Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden .