Dinosaurs And Mythical Creatures - Facts for Kids

Physical Features

A Triceratops’s skull could be up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) long, almost one-third of its entire body length!

Scientists think Triceratops slept standing up, ready to quickly defend against predators!

The climate during Pterodactylus’s time was much warmer than today, with no ice caps at the poles and tropical plants growing far north!

The name “Pterodactylus” comes from Greek words meaning “wing finger” because they had one super-long finger that supported their wing membrane!

T. rex could probably run between 10–25 miles per hour (16–40 kilometers per hour), about as fast as a professional soccer player!