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Read Works: The Dino Express

For Students 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Paleontologists in Colorado recently discovered more and different types of dinosaur tracks along the path known as the Dinosaur Freeway in Colorado and nearby states. This passage is followed by a...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Bird Hipped Dinosaurs Time Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A time line showing Bird-Hipped (Ornithischia) dinosaurs.
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Travel Montana: Montana Kids: Maiasaur

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Maiasaur is a kind of hadrosaur, a dinosaur that lived in the Upper Cretaceous Period. Much of what is known about the Maiasaur came from the fossils found at Egg Mountain in Montana. Jack Horner, a well known paleontologist,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Plateosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
Plateosaurus was one of the first "giant dinosaur herbivores" and evolved during the Late Triassic period. Learn what fossils teach us about this dinosaur's size, diet, migration habits, and anatomy.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Dracorex Hogwartsia

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about a dinosaur whose name means "Dragon King of Hogwarts." From the fossils of the newly discovered Dracorex hogwartsia, we learn about the dinosaur's unique physical features.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Hypacrosaur Family

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a Hypacrosaurus and how did they eat, live, and protect themselves against predators? Paleontologists have learned answers to these questions and others by looking Hypacrosaurus fossils. Read facts about this herbivorous...
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Frannie the Prenoceratops

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what a fossil named "Frannie" can tells us about a herbivorous dinosaur called the Prenoceratops, a cousin of Triceratops. View a taxonomy table, learn about this dinosaur's physical features, and interact with skeleton to learn...
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Plant Eating Dinosaurs Teeth

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Some excellent photos of the teeth of herbivorous dinosaurs are presented.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Seismosaurus O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about seismosaurus.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Alxasaurus Elesitaiensis O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Alxasaurus Elesitaiensis, a big-clawed therizinosaur. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this herbivorous dinosaur.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Protoceratops Andrewsi O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Protoceratops Andrewsi. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this herbivorous dinosaur.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Apatosaurus Excelsus O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the long-necked Apatosaurus Excelsus. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this herbivorous dinosaur.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Huayangosaurus Taibaii O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the dinosaur, Huayangosaurus Taibaii. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this primitive stegosaur.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Tsintaosaurus Spinorhinus

For Students 9th - 10th
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a type of hadrosaur, was a herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its fossilized remains have been found in China. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Hadrosaur

For Students 9th - 10th
The Hadrosaur was a herbivorous Ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its fossilized remains have been found in Canada and elsewhere. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Talarurus Plicatospineus

For Students 9th - 10th
Talarurus plicatospineus was an herbivorous ankylosaur from Mongolia that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Amargasaurus Cazaui

For Students 9th - 10th
Amargasaurus cazaui was an herbivorous sauropod first found in Argentina. It lived during the Early Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Hadrosaurus.com: Finding the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton:hadrosaurus Foulkii

For Students 9th - 10th
Hadrosaurus foulkii was the very first dinosaur skeleton ever found. It was excavated in 1858 from a field in New Jersey. The story of the discovery, the excavation and the huge impact this had on the scientific world are described in...
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New Jersey Fossils: Duckbilled Dinosaur

For Students 9th - 10th
The duckbilled dinosaur was a type of hadrosaurus and existed in New Jersey in the Late Cretaceous Period. A few fossil specimens have been found in areas of New Jersey, with the very first partial skeleton being discovered in...
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Dinosaur and Planetary History: Earthshakers the Largest Animals Ever

For Students 3rd - 8th
These herbivorous dinosaurs were the largest dinosaurs and, for some, the largest animals, ever to roam the Earth.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Muttaburrasaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact file on the dinosaur, Muttaburrasaurus, found in Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Leaellynasaura

For Students 9th - 10th
An information page about the herbivorous dinosaur, Leaellynasaura.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Polacanthus

For Students 3rd - 5th
An information page about the herbivorous dinosaur, Polacanthus.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Anatotitan

For Students 9th - 10th
An information page about the herbivorous dinosaur, Anatotitan, that lived 65 million years ago.