How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

MOST AMAZING DINOSAURS

Ouranosaurus

(‘Brave lizard’)

Herbivore

Early Cretaceous, 115-110 MYA

Found in: North Africa

Lived in: Forests

Ouranosaurus did not

have many defence

mechanisms but it could

use its sail to appear

bigger than it really

was to enemies

Fact

Dino skill

Like Spinosaurus and Stegosaurus, the large

sail on the spine of Ouranosaurus helped to

regulate its temperature.

Killer rating: 1/5

Speed: 2/5

Defence: 2/5

Ouranosaurus

Skull

Its skull was 67cm long

and quite fl at

Two legs or four?

Ouranosaurus could run on

two legs or walk on four

Sail

The distinctive spine ran

across the length of

Ouranosaurus’ back and

besides keeping the

dinosaur cool, could have

stored energy for the winter

Herbivore

Ouranosaurus had no

teeth in its beak, but it had

teeth inside its cheeks,

with which it chewed up

food such as leaves, fruit

and seeds

Intelligence
Ouranosaurus had
average intelligence
for a dinosaur