Cretaceous
Omnivore Dinosaurs
Discuss: As you learn each dinosaur on this day look up the Dino Dictionary to see you to correctly pronounce their names, and find each dinosaur on
the dinosaur classification chart that we made earlier.
Dinosaur
Flashcards:
Gallimimus read/do
pages page
15 in Dinosaurs:Diggin' Discovery (A+ Let's Grow Smart!).
Ingenia
Ornithomimus
Therizinosaurus
Dinosaur
Journal: Draw a
picture of your favorite Cretaceous Omnivore Dinosaur.
Review:
- Watch Dinosaur Train ABC Song.
- Play Dinosaur Spelling Game.
Gallimimus Information
Translation:
Chicken Mimic
Diet: Omnivore
Period:
Cretaceous period
Family: Ornithomimidae
Height: 11 feet
Length: 18 feet
Weight: 260 lbs
Physical Appearance: Gallimimus was bipedal; it walked on two long legs. This light-weight dinosaur had a long neck, large eyes, and a small, light skull.
Lifestyle:
Gallimimus was a fast-running dinosaur with very long legs. It was
a fast, agile dinosaur, probably running about as quickly as an
ostrich.
Discovered
by: Gallimimus fossils were discovered by a team led by Professor
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. (Find
Mongolia on the world map).
Directions: I printed out this Gallimimus Dot-to-dot page for J to color.
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Ingenia Information
Translation:
Ingenia
(Mongolia) Lizard
Diet:
Carnivore
Period:
Cretaceous
Family: Oviraptoridae
Height:
2 feet
Length: 4.6 feet
Weight: 80 pounds
Length: 4.6 feet
Weight: 80 pounds
Physical Appearance: Ingenia was a small, delicately built predator with a toothless jaw and a beak.
Lifestyle:
The fact that its hands were more powerfully built than those of
other oviraptorids suggest that it may have had the ability to grasp
a greater variety of foods than other small, toothless carnivores of
its time.
Discovered
by: Ingenia was discovered by Barsbold in 1981.
Directions: Fill out the Dinosaur Research Report with the information you learned about the Ingenia.
J waned to draw a picture of Ingenia from his dino drawing book too.
Ornithomimus Information
Translation:
Bird Mimic
Diet:Carnivore
Period:
Cretaceous
Family: Ornithomimidae
Height:
9 feet
Length: 15 feet
Weight: 300 pounds
Length: 15 feet
Weight: 300 pounds
Physical Appearance: Ornithomimus had a relatively large brain and hollow bones.
Lifestyle:
A long tail acted as a counterbalance and as a stabilizer during
fast turns. Its bones were hollow. It probably ran about as quickly
as an ostrich.
Discovered
by: The
first Ornithomimus fossil was found near Denver, Colorado, USA in
1889, and was named by paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh in 1890.
(Find Colorado, USA on the world map).
Directions:
Write
a descriptive essay about being a Ornithomimus living in a
particular region. What would the eat dinosaur eat; would it be a
meat eater or a plant eater? How big would it be? What would it look
like? What kind of plants and other animals/dinosaurs would be there?
What would the weather be like? Would it be warm, hot or cool? Would
the climate be wet or dry? What other details would you like to add?
Therizinosaurus Information
Translation: Scythe Lizard
Translation: Scythe Lizard
Diet:
Herbivore
Period:
Cretaceous
Family: Therizinosauridae
Height:
15 feet
Length: 36 feet
Length: 36 feet
Physical Appearance: This dinosaur had sickle-shaped claws over 2 feet long.
Lifestyle:
It may have used his claw as a weapon for attacking and butchering
its prey, or digging up huge ant nests.
Discovered
by: Fragmentary remains of Therizinosaurus were discovered in
southern Mongolia
Directions: Fill out the Dinosaur Research Report with the information you learned about the Therizinosaurus.
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