Australian
Dinosaurs
Introduction
Dinosaurs were reptiles, with wings some with fins.
Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, Dinosaurs were not intelligent like
us humans. Some Dinosaurs were Herbivores and some were Carnivores.
Rapators
Data
Pronounced: Ra_par_tor
Found in: Lightning Ridge NSW
Time found: 1932
Diet: Carnivorous
Found by: Friederich von Huene
Time alive: Early Cretaceous (110 million years ago)
Name meaning: "Thief" or "Plunder"
Latin name: Ornitholestoides
The Fossil
The fossil found was one of the 8 wrist bones
on the back of the rapators hand, other bones were found near
Lightning Ridge.
Appearance
The rapator is a short but long dinosaur it is
about 6-9 meters long (20-90 feet) depending on
its exact body shape.
True and False
Most egg eaters are mammals? "True"
Birds are Dinosaurs? "True"
Did Dinosaurs only die from a meteorite? "False"