Interesting Facts about Dinosaurs for Children

Here are few interesting facts about Dinosaurs that you can tell your children:

• 'Dinosaurs' is the name given by Scientists to a special kind of creature that lived on earth 260 millions year ago. Dinosaurs are no more found on earth now.
  
  
• The word 'Dinosaur' come from the Greek language and it means 'Terrible Lizard'
  
  
• Dinosaurs lived on this earth for about 160 million years. That time period in history is called as Mesozic Era.Dinosaurs became completely extinct during that era itself.
  

• Scientists believe some massive asteroid attack or huge volcano or drastic climatic changes might have caused the extinction of Dinosaurs.
  
  
• Some species of Dinosaurs were 165 feet long. They weighed about 100 tons.
  
  
• A variety of Dinosaurs called as Theropods could fly.
  
  
• There were carnivores dinosaurs that ate meat. There were also herbivores dinosaurs that ate only plants.
  
  
• 'Jurassic Park' is a very popular book about Dinosaurs written by Michael Crinchton. Later in 1990s, this book was made as successful movie.