English — DinoLand
DinoLand is a free interactive dinosaur encyclopedia for kids aged 3–12. It features 17 famous dinosaurs with original illustrations, facts about size, weight and lifestyle, plus a quiz, size comparison and a roar sound for each dinosaur.
🌍 Meet the dinosaurs!
- Tyrannosaurus — 12 m, 8 tons, Carnivore: The king of dinosaurs! T. rex had the strongest bite of any land animal.
- Brachiosaurus — 25 m, 50 tons, Herbivore: A huge long-necked dinosaur. It easily reached the tops of the tallest trees!
- Triceratops — 9 m, 6 tons, Herbivore: Three horns and a giant bony frill — a true armored hero!
- Stegosaurus — 9 m, 5 tons, Herbivore: A dinosaur with big triangular plates on its back and spikes on its tail.
- Velociraptor — 2 m, 15 kg, Carnivore: Small but very smart and fast hunter. It had feathers!
- Spinosaurus — 15 m, 10 tons, Carnivore: The largest predator of all time! It had a sail on its back and loved water.
- Ankylosaurus — 8 m, 6 tons, Herbivore: A living tank! Covered in armor head to tail, with a giant club on its tail.
- Pteranodon — 7 m wingspan, 25 kg, Carnivore: A flying reptile with huge wings. Not a dinosaur, but its close relative!
- Diplodocus — 27 m, 15 tons, Herbivore: One of the longest dinosaurs. Its whip-tail kept predators away!
- Parasaurolophus — 10 m, 2.5 tons, Herbivore: The musician dinosaur! Its long crest worked like a trumpet.
- Plesiosaurus — 5 m, 450 kg, Carnivore: A long-necked sea reptile. Not a dinosaur, but lived at the same time!
- Allosaurus — 10 m, 2.5 tons, Carnivore: The top predator of the Jurassic — fast and dangerous.
- Carnotaurus — 8 m, 1.5 tons, Carnivore: A bull-dinosaur with two horns on its head! One of the fastest predators.
- Iguanodon — 10 m, 3 tons, Herbivore: One of the first dinosaurs ever discovered. Sharp spikes on its thumbs!
- Giganotosaurus — 13 m, 8 tons, Carnivore: A giant hunter from South America — one of the largest meat-eaters ever!
- Maiasaura — 9 m, 3 tons, Herbivore: The «good mother lizard»! Paleontologists found huge nests full of baby dinosaurs.
- Archaeopteryx — 0.5 m, 1 kg, Carnivore: The famous «first bird»! Feathers and wings — but also teeth and a long bony tail.
❓ Frequently asked questions about dinosaurs
- What are dinosaurs?
- Dinosaurs were a group of ancient reptiles that lived on Earth millions of years ago. They were the largest land animals in our planet's history. The word «dinosaur» means «terrible lizard» in Greek.
- When did dinosaurs live?
- Dinosaurs lived on Earth for about 165 million years — from 230 to 66 million years ago. This time is called the Mesozoic Era and is divided into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous.
- Why did dinosaurs go extinct?
- Most scientists believe a huge asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Dust blocked the Sun, the climate cooled, and plants and dinosaurs couldn't survive. But the descendants of dinosaurs — birds — still live with us today.
- Which dinosaur was the biggest?
- Diplodocus was one of the longest at about 27 metres — as long as three school buses. Argentinosaurus is considered the heaviest at up to 100 tons. Brachiosaurus was the tallest, as high as a 4-storey building.
- Which dinosaur was the most dangerous?
- Spinosaurus was the largest predator ever, up to 15 metres long. Tyrannosaurus had the strongest bite — its jaws could crush bones. Velociraptors were small but smart and hunted in packs.
- Which dinosaurs could fly?
- Real dinosaurs didn't fly. The skies belonged to flying reptiles called pterosaurs, like Pteranodon and Quetzalcoatlus. They were close relatives of dinosaurs but a different group of animals.
- What did dinosaurs eat?
- Some dinosaurs were herbivores — they ate leaves, branches and ferns (like Diplodocus and Triceratops). Others were carnivores and hunted other dinosaurs (Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus). There were also omnivores that ate both plants and small animals.
- Did birds come from dinosaurs?
- Yes! Modern birds are direct descendants of small feathered dinosaurs. Scientists think a chicken or a sparrow is, in essence, a tiny living dinosaur. Many dinosaurs already had feathers.
- How much did Tyrannosaurus weigh?
- Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed about 8 tons — like a small truck. It was 12 metres long, and its teeth were as long as a banana. It ran at about 20 km/h.
- How do scientists study dinosaurs?
- Scientists who study dinosaurs are called paleontologists. They find bones, teeth, eggs and footprints in rocks. From these finds they reconstruct what dinosaurs looked like and how they lived.