Types of Dinosaurs

Triceratops

Triceratops was a plant-eater with specialised teeth for cutting and slicing and a huge stomach for digesting tough plant matter. It would have used its horns for defending itself from predators like Tyrannosaurus.

 

 

Stegosaurus

 

This slow-moving plant-eater used spikes on its tail to fend off would-be predators. The jury is still out on what the spiny plates on its back were used for.

 

 

Tyrannosaurus

 

An infamous meat-eating predator. Look at the evidence as to whether Tyrannosaurus hunted in packs or alone.

 

Diplodocus

 

The Museum's cast of a Diplodocus skeleton is on a tour around the UK. What did this giant look like and how did it hold its enormous neck?

 

 

Coelophysis

 

This small meat-eater was one of the earliest dinosaurs. It was fast and agile and would have fed on animals like small reptiles and insects.