Do Dinosaurs Fly? Prehistoric Animal Learning for Kids of All Ages

Scientists believe that the event leading to the extinction may have been a massive asteroid impact or huge volcanic activity.

Pterodactyls are not dinosaurs, they were flying reptiles that lived during the age of dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs lived on all the continents, including Antarctica.

Meat-eating dinosaurs are known as theropods, which means beast-footed because they had sharp, hooked claws on their toes.

All dinosaurs laid eggs. About 40 kinds of dinosaur eggs have been discovered.

It is believed that dinosaurs lived on Earth until around 65 million years ago when a mass extinction occurred.

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 135 million years. They first appeared during the Triassic period, 231 million years ago.

The word dinosaur comes from the Greek language and means ‘terrible lizard’.