I Am a Dinosaur!

byWILL LACH

illustrated by JONNY LAMBERT

with a note fromDR. MARK A. NORELL

A giant sail stands on my backto cool and scare, and—maybe—attract.I am a scaly carnivore . . . but—

I am not a dinosaur!

I am Dimetrodon.

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A giant sail stands on my backto cool and scare, and—maybe—attract.I am a scaly carnivore . . . but—

I am not a dinosaur!

I am Dimetrodon.

9781454914914_int_001-032.indd 12-13 10/27/15 5:38 PM

I am a woolly mammoth.

I look just like an elephantwith fur and tusks so elegant.I went extinct in days of yore . . . but—

I am not a dinosaur!

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I am a woolly mammoth.

I look just like an elephantwith fur and tusks so elegant.I went extinct in days of yore . . . but—

I am not a dinosaur!

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I’m famous, Cretaceous, a museum rock star!(With big teeth and muscles I’ll go very far.)I’m sure that you’ve heard all about me before, for—

yes, I am a dinosaur!

I am Tyrannosaurus rex.

So am I. I am Triceratops.

So am I. I am Velociraptor.

So am I. “Tweet!”I am a parakeet .

(Birds are living dinosaurs!)

So am I. I am Stegosaurus.

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I’m famous, Cretaceous, a museum rock star!(With big teeth and muscles I’ll go very far.)I’m sure that you’ve heard all about me before, for—

yes, I am a dinosaur!

I am Tyrannosaurus rex.

So am I. I am Triceratops.

So am I. I am Velociraptor.

So am I. “Tweet!”I am a parakeet .

(Birds are living dinosaurs!)

So am I. I am Stegosaurus.

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DIMETRODON

Dimetrodon limbatus lived about 280 million years ago, in the Permian period.

DUNKLEOSTEUS

Dunkleosteus species lived about 360 million years ago, during the Late Devonian period.

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Crytpocleidus oxoniensis lived about 150 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.

STEGOSAURUS

Stegosaurus stenops lived about 140 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.

VELOCIRAPTOR

Velociraptor mongoliensis lived about 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

PTEROSAUR

Pterosaurs lived from about 228 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

T. REX

Tyrannosaurus rex lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

TRICERATOPS

Triceratops horridus lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

NEANDERTHAL

Homo neanderthalensis lived 250,000 to 28,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

LESTODON

Lestodon armatus lived about 30,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

GLYPTODONT

Panochthus frenzelianus lived about 30,000 years ago, in the Pleistoceneepoch.

SABER-TOOTHED CAT

Smilodon fl oridanus lived about 25,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

WOOLLY MAMMOTH

Mammuthus primigenius lived about 10,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

LATIMERIA

Latimeria chalumnae are alive today.

PARAKEET

Birds are living dinosaurs.

TIME LINE >

CARCHARODONMEGALODON

Carcharodon megalodon lived about 10 million years ago, during the late Miocene epoch.

CHRONOLOGY NOT TO SCALE

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DIMETRODON

Dimetrodon limbatus lived about 280 million years ago, in the Permian period.

DUNKLEOSTEUS

Dunkleosteus species lived about 360 million years ago, during the Late Devonian period.

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PLESIOSAUR

Crytpocleidus oxoniensis lived about 150 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.

STEGOSAURUS

Stegosaurus stenops lived about 140 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.

VELOCIRAPTOR

Velociraptor mongoliensis lived about 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

PTEROSAUR

Pterosaurs lived from about 228 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

T. REX

Tyrannosaurus rex lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

TRICERATOPS

Triceratops horridus lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.

NEANDERTHAL

Homo neanderthalensis lived 250,000 to 28,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

LESTODON

Lestodon armatus lived about 30,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

GLYPTODONT

Panochthus frenzelianus lived about 30,000 years ago, in the Pleistoceneepoch.

SABER-TOOTHED CAT

Smilodon fl oridanus lived about 25,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

WOOLLY MAMMOTH

Mammuthus primigenius lived about 10,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene epoch.

LATIMERIA

Latimeria chalumnae are alive today.

PARAKEET

Birds are living dinosaurs.

TIME LINE >

CARCHARODONMEGALODON

Carcharodon megalodon lived about 10 million years ago, during the late Miocene epoch.

CHRONOLOGY NOT TO SCALE

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