How Do You Identify Types Of Dinosaurs?
There are over 800 confirmed dinosaur species and thousands of unconfirmed species that roamed the earth’s surface. Breaking dinosaurs down into similar groups can help identify them. With so many to identify, it’s easier to study them based on the era they lived in, physical characteristics or habitat. Learn about dinosaurs based on the periods of time they inhabited the earth. Look at the three periods of dinosaurs, ranging from 250 million years ago to 65 million years ago. They are the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. Identify dinosaurs such as the Hererrasaurus or the Eoraptor from the Triassic period. These smaller, meat-eating dinosaurs are the oldest known to live.Larger, plant-eating dinosaurs and bird-type dinosaurs called the Pterosaurs followed in this period. Find out about the next period of dinosaurs. The Jurassic Period probably has the most well-known dinosaurs in the group thanks to movies and books that focus on them. Larger dinosaurs like the Allos
