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  2. Dinosaur - Wikipedia

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    Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles [note 1] of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is a subject of active research.

  3. Dinosaur classification - Wikipedia

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    Classification of dinosaurs. Dinosaur classification began in 1842 when Sir Richard Owen placed Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, and Hylaeosaurus in "a distinct tribe or suborder of Saurian Reptiles, for which I would propose the name of Dinosauria." [1] In 1887 and 1888 Harry Seeley divided dinosaurs into the two orders Saurischia and Ornithischia ...

  4. Nigersaurus - Wikipedia

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    Nigersaurus (/ niːˈʒɛərsɔːrəs, ˈnaɪdʒərsɔːrəs /) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle Cretaceous period, about 115 to 105 million years ago. It was discovered in the Elrhaz Formation in an area called Gadoufaoua, in Niger. Fossils of this dinosaur were first described in 1976, but it was ...

  5. Tyrannosaurus - Wikipedia

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    Tyrannosaurus (/ tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs, taɪ -/) [ a ] is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.

  6. Velociraptor - Wikipedia

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    Velociraptor (/ vəˌlɒsɪˈræptər, vəˈlɒsɪræptər /; [1] lit. 'swift thief') is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past.

  7. Dinosaur size - Wikipedia

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    Scale diagram comparing a human and the longest-known dinosaurs of five major clades An adult male bee hummingbird, the smallest known and the smallest living dinosaur. Size is an important aspect of dinosaur paleontology, of interest to both the general public and professional scientists.

  8. List of dinosaur genera - Wikipedia

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    Aerosteon. Aetonyx – junior synonym of Massospondylus. Afromimus. Afrovenator. Agathaumas – possible synonym of Triceratops. Aggiosaurus – subsequently found to be a metriorhynchid crocodilian. Agilisaurus. Agnosphitys – possibly non-dinosaurian. Agrosaurus – probably a junior synonym of Thecodontosaurus.

  9. Portal:Dinosaurs - Wikipedia

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    Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis. (a carnivorous basal dinosaur) Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is a subject of active research.

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