| Dinosaurs are strange, mysterious and just | | | | distinctive tail spikes and plates yet small head and |
| downright cool. There are so many cool looking | | | | brain. The spikes and plates on the Stegosaurus |
| dinosaurs with huge jaws, crazy spinal spikes and | | | | were most likely for protection and for defense, |
| tail clubs that it is astounding to think that one day | | | | with the Stegosaurus often seen in popular culture |
| they roamed our very planet. Check out this list | | | | swinging its heavy tail into predators to injure and |
| of some of the oddest and coolest Dinosaurs that | | | | frighten them away. Another unique fact is that |
| once walked out earth. Some say Dinosaurs are | | | | some paleontolgists have noted that the |
| ancient ancestors to modern day birds, too bad | | | | Stegosaurus may have had a second brain in the |
| you can't keep a Dino in a large bird cage. | | | | tail which would have been responsible for |
| Giganotosaurus | | | | controlling reflexes in the rear half of its body. |
| Despite it’s name, the belief is that the | | | | Ankylosaurus |
| Giganotosaurus was larger than the | | | | This strangely shaped Dinosaur from the |
| Tyrannosaurus yet smaller than the Spinosaurus, | | | | Cretaceous period is most well-known for its |
| making it not the largest theropod in ancient | | | | small, low-the-ground frame and its heavy, and |
| times. The name Giganotosaurus means “giant | | | | deadly tail that was likely used as a bony club. |
| southern lizard” and the Giganotosaurus was | | | | Compared to many of the land Dinosaurs at the |
| very large, reaching heights double or triple the | | | | time, the Ankylosaurus was very large, with |
| size of a normal man. In popular culture, the | | | | some saying it was 20 feet long, 5 feet wide and |
| Giganotosaurus is known for being capable of | | | | 5 feet tall at the hip. It is possible that it weighed |
| running large distances at high speeds despite its | | | | over 13,000 pounds. Heavily armed and with its |
| large size. | | | | tail club, the Ankylosaurus was likely one of the |
| Stegosaurus | | | | top herbivorous predators for its time, with small, |
| One of the most well known Dinosaurs, the | | | | leaf-shaped teeth perfect for eating vegetation. |
| Stegosaurus was unique with its large body, | | | | |