DinoFact
Dinosaur Facts for Kids
Simple, fun dinosaur facts that are easy to read and great for kids and classrooms.
- The name Yi means 'wing'.
- Dinosaurs hatched from eggs.
- T. rex had tiny little arms.
- Iguanodon had a spiky thumb.
- The name Khaan means 'lord'.
- Many dinosaurs had sharp claws.
- Diplodocus means 'double beam'.
- Iguanodon means 'iguana tooth'.
- Microraptor means 'tiny thief'.
- The name Balaur means 'dragon'.
- The name Shuvuuia means 'bird'.
- Dinosaur eggs were laid in nests.
- Some small dinosaurs ate insects.
- Velociraptor means 'swift thief'.
- Brachiosaurus means 'arm lizard'.
- Spinosaurus means 'spine lizard'.
- Compsognathus means 'pretty jaw'.
- Gallimimus means 'chicken mimic'.
- T. rex was about as long as a bus.
- Stegosaurus means 'roofed lizard'.
- Ankylosaurus means 'fused lizard'.
- Deinonychus means 'terrible claw'.
- Fossil poop is called a coprolite.
- Real dinosaur bones are very heavy.
- Velociraptor probably had feathers.
- A few dinosaurs may have eaten eggs.
- Allosaurus means 'different lizard'.
- Corythosaurus means 'helmet lizard'.
- A sparrow is a tiny living dinosaur.
- Some dinosaurs lived near the coast.
- Ceratosaurus had a horn on its nose.
- The name Mononykus means 'one claw'.
- The name Tarchia means 'brainy one'.
- The name Aerosteon means 'air bone'.
- The name Bolong means 'Bo's dragon'.
- The name Planicoxa means 'flat hip'.
- The name Spinops means 'spine face'.
- Some dinosaurs had hundreds of teeth.
- Some dinosaurs had beaks like a bird.
- Maiasaura means 'good mother lizard'.
- Carnotaurus means 'meat-eating bull'.
- T. rex had a powerful sense of smell.
- T. rex could open its jaws very wide.
- Stegosaurus lived long before T. rex.
- Birds and T. rex share a family tree.
- Yinlong was an early horned dinosaur.
- Some dinosaurs had very long fingers.
- Adasaurus was a raptor from Mongolia.
- The name Baryonyx means 'heavy claw'.
- The name Eoraptor means 'dawn thief'.
- The name Oviraptor means 'egg thief'.
- The name Unenlagia means 'half-bird'.
- The name Lythronax means 'gore king'.
- A baby dinosaur is called a hatchling.
- Triceratops means 'three-horned face'.
- Therizinosaurus means 'scythe lizard'.
- That supercontinent is called Pangaea.
- Some dinosaurs had bumpy, pebbly skin.
- Stegoceras was a dome-headed dinosaur.
- The name Anchiornis means 'near bird'.
- The name Stegoceras means 'roof horn'.
- The name Dracorex means 'dragon king'.
- The name Anzu means 'feathered demon'.
- The name Equijubus means 'horse mane'.
- The name Mei means 'soundly sleeping'.
- A chicken is a kind of living dinosaur.
- Zalmoxes was a plant-eater from Europe.
- Size was a big dinosaur's best defence.
- The name Utahraptor means 'Utah thief'.
- The name Neovenator means 'new hunter'.
- The name Yinlong means 'hidden dragon'.
- Some dinosaurs had beaks like a turtle.
- Some dinosaurs walked on their tiptoes.
- The name Pyroraptor means 'fire thief'.
- Fossils of Yi have been found in China.
- The name Altirhinus means 'high snout'.
- The name Olorotitan means 'giant swan'.
- The name Talarurus means 'basket tail'.
- The name Dilong means 'emperor dragon'.
- The name Limusaurus means 'mud lizard'.