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How Big Were Dinosaurs? This footprint is 42” long, and 30” wide. It belonged to a titanosaur, which was about 98 feet long and 66 feet tall. This fossil was found in the Gobi desert in Mongolia. A T-Rex foot is about 36”, but their footprints are 18” be- cause they walk on their toes. hps://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/03/large-dinosaur- footprint-tanosaur-gobi-desert An adult stegosaurus footprint is about one foot long. But not all dinosaurs are big! Some dinosaurs were the size of chickens, and others left footprints about the size of a cats paw.

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Page 1: How Big Were Dinosaurs? - WordPress.com€¦ · How Big Were Dinosaurs? This footprint is 42” long, and 30” wide. It belonged to a titanosaur, which was about 98 feet long and

How Big Were Dinosaurs? This footprint is 42” long, and 30” wide. It belonged to a titanosaur, which was about 98 feet long and 66 feet tall. This fossil was found in the Gobi desert in Mongolia.

A T-Rex foot is about 36”, but their footprints are 18” be-cause they walk on their toes.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/03/large-dinosaur-

footprint-titanosaur-gobi-desert

An adult stegosaurus footprint is about one foot long.

But not all dinosaurs are big! Some dinosaurs were the size of chickens, and others left footprints about the size of a cat’s paw.

Page 2: How Big Were Dinosaurs? - WordPress.com€¦ · How Big Were Dinosaurs? This footprint is 42” long, and 30” wide. It belonged to a titanosaur, which was about 98 feet long and

How Big Were Dinosaurs? A Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth could be up to inches long… this is 6 inches...

http://mrogers.wikispaces.com/file/view/T_rex_Tooth_5.jpg/39748166/383x293/T_rex_Tooth_5.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/richo-fan/4526320686

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