Dinosaur of the week: Edmontosaurus

Dinosaur of the week: Edmontosaurus

Edmontosaurus is an Ornithopoda dinosaur. that lived during the Cretaceous period. Edmontosaurus was named in 1917. The largest Edmontosaurus clocked in at 12 meters long. Edmontosaurus`s name means "Edmonton Lizard." Unlike other hadrosaurs, Edmontosaurus did not have a bony crest. Edmontosaurus may have had a loose piece of skin over its skin that Edmontosaurus could blow it up like a balloon.

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Happy Easter!

A new dinosaur discovered! Toastersaurus

A new dinosaur discovered! Toastersaurus

The toastersaurus is a brand new dinosaur that was first discovered in Canada. It is a sauropod with an incredibly short neck. It is 15 feet long and 8 feet in height. The toastersaurus didn`t eat plants like most sauropod rather it ate toasted bread. They were unusually fast reaching 25 miles per hour. This new dinosaur is very interesting, also happy April fools!

Dinosaur of the Week: Linhenykus

Dinosaur of the Week: Linhenykus

Linhenykus is a Theropoda dinosaur. It was a carnivore dinosaur, it was 90 centimeters long. It lived in Mongolia. This dinosaur only had one finger, it was most likely used to dig up nests. It was named by Xu Xing in 2001.

Happy St. Patrick's Day Day!

Here just a nice photo that I took. I hope everyone has a nice St. Patrick's Day. Sorry, about the lack of updates. I just got really unmotivated.

Heres last year's drawing.

Ultimate Dinosaurs at The Cleveland Natural History Review

Ultimate Dinosaurs at The Cleveland Natural History Review

I have already reviewed the Cleveland natural history museum. But they have a hall were they put temporary exhibits on. And until April they have an exhibit called Ultimate Dinosaurs. The exhibit forces on dinosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere and it one of the best exhibits I have ever seen.

The Small Stuff

In this exhibit, you get a lot more small and unknown dinosaurs than a usual exhibit. Dinosaurs like Buitreraptor, Herrerasaurus, and Masiakasaurus. All of these small dinosaurs really make it come together.

The Larger Stuff

Other than the small dinosaurs they also give you dinosaurs like Carnotaurus and Ouranosaurus. These dinosaurs really help give the exhibit stand out, because of how unique they are and Also they had one of my favorite sauropods, Amargasaurus!

Giganotosaurus

At the end of the exhibit there lied a Giganotosaurus. One of the biggest carnivore ever! It was awesome seeing this dinosaur at the end of the hall. There are no words for how awesome this was!

Ending

This was an amazing exhibit. Go and see it while you can! Go support the museum that made this exhibit! There awesome

Rating 10/10

Dinosaur of the Week: Centrosaurus

Dinosaur of the Week: Centrosaurus

Centrosaurus is a Ceratopsidae dinosaur, which name means pointed lizard. Its most notable feature is its one huge horn. It was 6 meters long. Two little horns doop down from the top of the frill. Centrosaurus most likely lived in herds. Centrosaurus weighed about as much as an Asian elephant.

(Hey, Sorry for taking most of January off. I just needed some time off. Anyways have a good day!)

Dinosaur of the Week: Utahraptor

Dinosaur of the Week: Utahraptor

Utahraptor is one of the largest dromaeosaur ever discovered. Utahraptor is 7 meters long. Utahraptor`s claw was 24 centimeters long. Utahraptor would have had feathers if it was still living. Utahraptor probably ate hadrosaurs or small sauropods. 

Dinosaur of the Week: Oviraptor

Dinosaur of the Week: Oviraptor

Oviraptor is an Oviraptoridae dinosaur. It was about 2 meters long. When it was discovered there were eggs right next to it. The people who discovered it thought the eggs belonged to Protoceratops because there were a lot of protoceratops skeletons found around the area. Later, in 1993 a study was done that showed that the eggs where actually Oviraptor`s. So its name became a lie. Though now we have no idea on what it ate. 

Merry Christmas!

Cryoloposaurus at the Cleveland Natural History Museum - Half Asleep Dinos Quickie

Cryolophosaurus at the Cleveland Natural History Museum

I just got a chance to go to the Cleveland Natural History Museum, they had a new exhibit there (which I will do a review on soon) and a Cryolophosaurus skeleton. The Skeleton was awesome! I did do a post about cryolophosaurus about a year ago which if you want to know more about this dinosaur go there!

The History of The First Dinosaur

The History of The First Dinosaur

Today, we are going over the First Dinosaur! It's not T-rex, Triceratops or The Spinosaurus! Its Iguanodon! anyways, let's begin! Our story begins when Gideon Mantell's wife discovered a tooth. He recognized that the teeth looked like an Iguana's tooth but HUGE! So he named the creature Iguanodon meaning Iguana tooth. Later, in 1851 at the crystal palace. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was hired to build extinct creatures. He also decided to build dinosaurs too. One of the species was Iguanodon. He builds it like an iguana with a spike on its nose.

Later, A bunch of Iguanodon skeletons was found! The arms of the beast were smaller and more delicate than the legs. So the paleontologist thought that Iguanodon stood like a kangaroo. (because kangaroos have delicate arms too!) Then everyone started posing their dinosaurs like a kangaroo! and that's really how the how posing our dinosaurs with tails dragging really started. 

Now we're in the late 20th century! More research has been done about dinosaurs. Paleontologists now believe that dinosaurs did not drag their tails on the ground. They believed that they put their tails sideways. So that means that Iguanodon had to change too! Iguanodon now walks on all fours with the tail going out sideways.

That, for now, is what Iguanodon looks like! Its been a wild ride for the first dinosaur. All the way from a giant iguana to a four-legged plant-eating dinosaur. I hope you enjoyed! 

Dinosaur of the Week: Struthiomimus

Dinosaur of the Week: Struthiomimus

Struthiomimus is an ‬omnivorous ornithomimid dinosaur. Struthimimus lived in the Late Cretaceous. This dinosaur was originally thoughted to be Ornithomimus but was later discovered to be its own species. The most notable part of Struthiomimus is that the hands are longer proportionately than the arm than in other members of ornithomimid. Struthimimus was only 4.5 meters long. Around the same height as a 1.8 meter person. Struthiomimus lived in Canada and the USA. Being an Omnivore help Struthiomimus because it could switch between the two to help it survive the area it was living in.

Thanks for DK books for the image.

(Sorry for being a Day Late!)

Dromaeosaurus - The Raptors

Dromaeosaurus - The Raptors

Dinosaurs evolved in many ways. One of the coolest families of dinosaurs is Dromaeosaurus. Dromaeosaurus was fast small predators. All of them had sickle claws on their toe. You may know this family from their famous member, Velociraptor! In real life, they were about the size of a chicken and couldn't open doorknobs (or reach them) One of the other members of the families is Utahraptor. Named after Utah, this dinosaur was 6 feet tall and 23 feet long. This is the biggest dromaeosaurus found. Pyroraptor (my favorite Dromaeosaurus) was named Pyroraptor because of a forest fire that happened before they discovered pyroraptor. Pyroraptor was 8 feet long with a sickle that was 6.5 centimeters long.

Happy Thanksgiving 2019!

Dinosaur of the Week: Huayangosaurus

Dinosaur of the Week: Huayangosaurus

Huayangosaurus was a stegosaurus that lived in the mid-Jurassic. It was 4.5 meters long. The backplates are long tall spikes with two that stick out at the front. The only known locations that huayangosaurus has been found in is China. Possible predators for this dinosaur include Yangchuanosaurus, Xuanhanosaurus, Gasosaurus, and Kaijiangosaurus. 

Dinosaur of the week : Majungasaurus

Dinosaur of the week: Majungasaurus

Majungasaurus was originally thought to be Pachycephalosaurus because of the small fossil found. Later it was found out Majungasaurus was carnivorous theropod dinosaur. This dinosaur has a small horn coming out of his head. This dinosaur also has small forearms which were basically used less. This dinosaur was 6 to 7 meters long and weighed about a ton. 

Dinosaur of the week: Gorgosaurus

Dinosaur of the week: Gorgosaurus

Gorgosaurus is a tyrannosauridae dinosaur. Its name means dreadful lizard and it lived in the Late Cretaceous. The dinosaur was 30 feet long and was 9 feet tall. It weighed about 2 and a half tons. It was the top predator of its time. It lived in North America.

One Year Of Half Asleep Dinos!

One Year Of Half Asleep Dinos!

Its been one year since I launched Half Asleep Dinos! My first ever post was about Dynamoterror, an awesome tyrannosaurus! You can check it out right here! Thank you all for checking out my website and looking at it! While your here here are some fun things to celebrate!

Best Half Asleep Dinos Posts (In my Opinion)

• Apatosaurus or Brontosaurus
• Spinosaurus: Different than you know!
• Ledumahadi : Giant Thunderclap
• Cleveland's Museum Of Natural History Review
• The Royal Ontario Museum Review

Check Out the other pages on Half Asleep Dinos

• Dinosaur Data
• Archive Of Prehistoric Dinosaur Facts
• Photos
• Events
• Activies

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I hope you enjoy this Year of Half Asleep Dinos!

Dinosaur of the week: Carnotaurus

Dinosaur of the week: Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus is a carnivore theropod that lived in late Cretaceous. Its arms were even tinyer than T-rex`s. It had two horns on it head which is why its was name was Carnotaurus which means Meat Eating bull. There has only been one carnotaurus found.