Dinosaur Glossary
Key terms and definitions
- Carnivore
- A dinosaur that ate meat, typically hunting other dinosaurs or animals.
- Cretaceous Period
- The final period of the Mesozoic Era, from 145 to 66 million years ago.
- Fossil
- The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.
- Herbivore
- A dinosaur that ate only plants and vegetation.
- Jurassic Period
- The middle period of the Mesozoic Era, from 201 to 145 million years ago.
- Mesozoic Era
- The "Age of Dinosaurs," spanning from 252 to 66 million years ago.
- Omnivore
- A dinosaur that ate both plants and meat.
- Paleontology
- The scientific study of prehistoric life through fossils.
- Predator
- A carnivorous dinosaur that hunted other animals for food.
- Sauropod
- A group of large, long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs.
- Theropod
- A group of bipedal, mostly carnivorous dinosaurs.
- Triassic Period
- The first period of the Mesozoic Era, from 252 to 201 million years ago.