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The "Tyrant lizard King" is the best known of all dinosaurs. It is the most famous of all the dinosaurs or all the prehistoric animals for that matter. T-Rex is one of the largest dinosaur, measured 11 - 12.8 m (36 - 42 ft) long and weighed 6 - 9 tonnes. It's head and neck were so powerful with teeth the size of bananas, that is the largest tooth of any carnivorous dinosaur measuring up to 12 inches (30 cm) in length. T-Rex had the powerful bite of any extinct or living terrestrial animal ever. It had a bite force of 12,800 pounds and could eat up to 500 pounds of meat and bones in one bite!!  

 Fossils have been found in North America (Colorado,Montana,New Mexico,North/South Dakota,Texas,Utah,Wyoming) and Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan).




Triceratops is one of the most recognizable and famous dinosaur. It is armed with three horns and it's neck heavily armored with a protective solid bony frill. Triceratops could stand about 9.5 - 10 feet tall or more, 26 - 30 feet long and weighed 6 - 10 tonnes.

Fossils have been found in North America (Colorado,Montana,South Dakota,Wyoming) and Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan).




The Woolly Mammoth is closely related to modern elephants. It is known from many different ways, numerous cave paintings from our human ancestors, frozen carcasses with skeletons, stomach contents, tusks and even liquid blood still intact. It is well known than any other prehistoric animal.
          The Woolly mammoth stood around 9 - 11 feet tall and weighed upto 6 tonnes.  Despite the word "Mammoth" indicating immense proportions, the woolly mammoth actually wasn't the biggest mammoth species but it is the most famous proboscidean and indeed the most famous mammal of all time.

Fossils have been found in Eurasia (Russia, Asia, Europe).




Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognizable plant-eating dinosaur for it's diamond-shaped bony plates. This armored dinosaur used it's formidable spiked tail to defend itself from predators. Stegosaurus was upto 30 feet long and weighed around 5 tonnes.

Fossils have been found in North America (Utah, Wyoming, and Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado), western Europe, southern India, China, and southern Africa.




Brachiosaurus is one of the tallest and heaviest dinosaurs of all time. For many decades, the well known iconic brachiosaurus was the largest dinosaur known and it is among the famous dinosaurs. Brachiosaurus stood about 40 to 50 feet tall and weighed 35 to 56 tonnes.

Fossils have been found in North America (Utah, Texas and Colorado).




Diplodocus is one of the most easily recognizable and famous dinosaur with its long neck and whip-like tail. It was thought to be the longest dinosaur for many years. The largest species measured about 32 - 33.5 m (105 - 110 ft) in length and perhaps weighed about 25 or 30 tonnes. 

Fossils have been found in North America (Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming).