How big was the first dinosaur bone that was discovered?
A. There have been dinosaur bones discovered for centuries, without knowing they belonged to dinosaurs. The first bone identified as that of a dinosaur was a foot-long chunk of a jawbone of a large Jurassic meat-eater, Megalosaurus, found in southern England in the 1820s, with teeth still in it! Q. How many spikes did an average Stegosaurus have? A. Stegosaurus had a dozen or more plates on its back and six long spikes on its tail. We just found out recently, thanks to some newly discovered good skeletons, that the spikes stuck out sideways from the tail of the stegosaur. Q. What was the smallest dinosaur? A. There were many tiny dinosaurs, and as an adult the smallest of these was the size of a large chicken. Compsognathus was a small meat-eater, probably as big as a turkey once it grew up (it was originally identified from a youngster that was chicken-sized). Heterodontosaurus, Fabrosaurus, and other plant-eaters were even smaller. Q. What did plant-eaters like to eat the best? A. Di
