A is for Apatosaurus
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Apatosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur that ate plants.
This giant was bigger than a bus.
It used to be called Brontosaurus.
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B is for Brachiosaurus
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Brachiosaurus was very tall.
Its neck was long and its head was small.
This plant-eating dinosaur was about 16 m tall and its front legs were longer than its back legs.
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C is for Compsognathus
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Compsognathus was very small.
It was the tiniest dinosaur of all.
This meat-eater was just the size of a cat.
It's really hard to imagine that.
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D is for Diplodocus
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Diplodocus had a whip-like tail,
a long neck and a tiny head.
This giant dinosaur ate plants.
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E is for Eoraptor
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Eoraptor was one of the first dinosaurs that ever lived.
It lived more than 225 million years ago.
This meat-eater was about 1 m long.
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F is for Fabrosaurus
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Fabrosaurus was an early dinosaur that ate plants.
This fast-running dinosaur was about 1 m long.
It was found in South Africa.
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G is for Giganotosaurus
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Giganotosaurus was a huge meat-eating dinosaur.
It was slightly bigger than T. rex!
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H is for Heterodontosaurus
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Heterodontosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur the size of a dog.
It had three kinds of teeth - this is unusual for dinosaurs.
It could walk on two or four legs.
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I is for Iguanodon
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Iguanodon was a plant-eating dinosaur that had a large spike on each thumb.
It was as big as a bus!
It is called Iguanodon because its teeth are a lot like the teeth of an iguana.
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J is for Janenschia
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Janenschia was a large plant-eating dinosaur that may have had armour on its skin for protection.
It lived in what is now Africa.
It had a long neck, a long tail, and was about 24 m long.
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K is for Kentrosaurus
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Kentrosaurus was a dinosaur that had spikes all along its back and on its shoulders.
It ate plants and had a very small head.
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L is for Lambeosaurus
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Lambeosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that had a strange-looking, hollow crest on its head.
No one knows what Lambeosaurus used this crest for.
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M is for Maiasaura
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Maiasaura was a dinosaur that built nests and took care of its babies.
This plant-eater lived in large herds in what is now Montana, USA.
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N is for Nodosaurus
O is for Oviraptor
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Oviraptor was about the size of a person.
This dinosaur had a very strange-looking head and no teeth.
Oviraptor was an omnivore; it ate both plants and animals.
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P is for Parasaurolophus
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Parasaurolophus was a large dinosaur that had a large, curved head-crest.
It may have made loud sounds with its hollow head crest.
This plant-eater lived in western North America and was about 9 m long.
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Q is for Quaesitosaurus
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Quaesitosaurus was a long-necked, whip-tailed dinosaur.
This giant ate plants and had a tiny head.
Only its fossilized skull was found in the Gobi Desert in Asia.
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R is for Riojasaurus
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Riojasaurus was an early, plant-eating dinosaur that had spoon-shaped teeth.
It was a heavy dinosaur that lived in South America.
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S is for Stegosaurus
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Stegosaurus had rows of triangular plates all along its back.
This beautiful dinosaur was a plant-eater.
It had a small head and a tiny brain.
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T is for T. rex and Triceratops
T. rex
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T. rex was a huge, ferocious meat eater that lived in North America.
Tyrannosaurus rex means Tyrant lizard king.
T. rex ate huge animals like Triceratops, a horned dinosaur that ate plants.
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Triceratops
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U is for Unenlagia
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Unenlagia was a bird-like dinosaur that ate meat.
It was about 2 m long and lived in what is now South America.
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V is for Velociraptor
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Velociraptor was a killer dinosaur with a long, curved claw on each foot.
This meat-eater was very intelligent and lived in Asia.
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W is for Wannanosaurus
Wannanosaurus was a thick-skulled dinosaur from China.
To protect itself, this plant-eater probably rammed its enemies with its head.
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X is for Xiaosaurus
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Xiaosaurus was a small, plant-eating dinosaur.
It was the size of a dog.
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Y is for Yangchuanosaurus
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Yangchuanosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur, with small arms and big jaws.
It was about 33 feet (10 m) long and lived in what is now China.
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Z is for Zuniceratops
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Zuniceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur that had horns over its eyes and on its snout.
It was 3-3.7 m long and weighed roughly 400 pounds.
It was found by an elementary school boy, Christopher Wolfe.
Zuniceratops was related to Triceratops.
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