
Dinosaur | Definition, Types, History, Names, & Facts | Britannica
5 days ago · Dinosaur, the common name given to a group of reptiles, often very large, that first appeared roughly 245 million years ago and thrived worldwide for nearly 180 million years. Most died …
Tyrannosaurus rex | Description, Dinosaur, & Facts | Britannica
Dec 12, 2025 · Tyrannosaurus rex, species of large predatory theropod dinosaurs that lived during the end of the Cretaceous Period (about 66 million years ago) known from fossils found in the United …
dinosaur - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
For more than 150 million years, many large and scary creatures walked on land. They were the dinosaurs. These lizardlike reptiles got the name dinosaur from Greek words that…
Theropod | Carnivorous, Bipedal Dinosaurs | Britannica
Oct 24, 2025 · Theropod, any member of the dinosaur subgroup Theropoda, which includes all the flesh-eating dinosaurs. Theropods were the most diverse group of saurischian (“lizard-hipped”) dinosaurs, …
Name That Dinosaur! Quiz | Britannica
Take this Science quiz at Encyclopaedia Britannica to test your knowledge of dinosaurs.
Quetzalcoatlus | Size, Wingspan, Flight, & Facts | Britannica
Quetzalcoatlus is a genus made up of two species of giant pterosaurs, classified in the family Azhdarchidae, that lived during the Maastrichtian Age (72.1 million to 66 million years ago) of the …
Cristina Peri Rossi | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
Nov 8, 2025 · La tarde del dinosaurio (1976; “The Afternoon of the Dinosaur”) is a volume of stories with a prologue by Cortázar. Witty El museo de los esfuerzos inútiles (1983; The Museum of Useless …