| Show 8 Standard-Examin- er Monday September 26 1988 favorite dinosaurs Favorite dinosaurs Everybody has favorites: favorite teams favorite colors favorite subjects favorite foods People who study dinosaurs develop favorites too The Utah Museum of Natural History's staff and the SEEK staff have chosen three dinosaurs as their favorites in part because they are either very unusual or something special about them has taught us much about dinosaurs Read here about our favorite dinosaurs Then in the fourth space draw and name your own favorite dinosaur and write a description of your dinosaur like the descriptions of the others on this page Stenonychosaurus "Narrow Claw Lizard" A cousin of Deinonychus that’s even smaller only 4 feet high But its brain and eyes were surprisingly large Some scientists think it could hunt for small mammals at night with “night vision” Its brain was so big compared to other dinosaurs that it’s been called “the most intelligent dinosaur” of all time Deinonychus "Terrible Claw One of the most vicious of the s While only 5 feet tall and 9 feet long it had a very long very sharp claw on each foot that it used to slash its prey The tail could not bend much and was used to balance Deinonychus as it meat-eater- kicked Its skeleton taught us that some dinosaurs were fast and active In Montana scientists have discovered nests eggs and babies of this dinosaur in an area that seems to have been a dinosaur nesting ground After they hatched the babies were kept in the nest for several months Their parents either walked the young back and forth to feeding grounds or the parents carried plants into the nest and fed the babies Clue 5- - 5 $ Your dinosaur: name means: Describe your dinosaur: Its The second part of its name means “skink” or “lizard” & Letter 5 is S |
