Dinosaur Warriors
Take a step back in time to explore all things dinosaur—from fossil hunters to baby dinosaurs!
Read all the books in this series:
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Owen, Ruth, 1967– author. Title: Dinosaur warriors / by Ruth Owen. Description: New York, New York : Bearport Publishing, [2019] | Series: The dino-sphere | Includes bibliographical references and index. DROPCAP Identifiers: LCCN 2018049812 (print) | LCCN 2018053176 (ebook) | ISBN 9781642802566 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781642801873 (library) Subjects: LCSH: Dinosaurs—Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC QE861.5 (ebook) | LCC QE861.5 .O8456 2019 (print) | DDC 567.9—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018049812
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Time to Fight! ...... 4 Who’s the Strongest? ...... 6 Horns for Fighting ...... 8 A Stegoceras Battle ...... 10 Fighting with Spikes ...... 12 A Big Bite ...... 14 T. rex Warriors ...... 16 Food Fight! ...... 18 FightingDROPCAP Forever ...... 20 Glossary ...... 22 Index ...... 24 Read More ...... 24 Learn More Online ...... 24 About the Author ...... 24 Time to Fight! There’s a big cloud of dirt. A male Triceratops charges at a bigger male. Behind them is a herd of females. The smaller male wants to lead the DROPCAPherd!
A Triceratops had a big, colorful neck frill. Males probably shook the frills to show their strength.
4 neck frill
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Triceratops (try-SER-uh-tops) 5 , Who s the Strongest? Crash! The two Triceratops warriors lock horns. Each one tries to push the other away from the herd.
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6 The winner of the battle will lead the group! Triceratops was a plant- eating dinosaur. Its name means “three-horned head.”
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7 Horns for Fighting How do we know Triceratops used its horns for fighting? Scientists have found fossils of Triceratops skulls. The skulls have holes in them. The holes were made by the horns of other Triceratops! DROPCAP
Triceratops horn fossil
8 The horns on top of a Triceratops’s head were 3 feet (1 m) long!
Triceratops skull
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holes
9 A Stegoceras Battle Some dinosaurs were small but mighty! A Stegoceras was dog-sized.
It had a big, bony head, like a football helmet. A male StegocerasDROPCAP used its hard head to attack other males!
Stegoceras skull
10 Why did these dinosaurs fght? Scientists think they fought over females.
Stegoceras (STEG-oh-ser-us)
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11 Fighting with Spikes Dinosaurs also fought to stay safe. Stegosaurus fought off Allosaurus with its spiky tail. Scientists found an Allosaurus fossil with a hole in it. The hole matched the spike on the tail of a Stegosaurus! DROPCAP
Allosaurus (AL-oh-sor-uhs) 12 A Stegosaurus had four spikes on its tail. Each spike was 3 feet (1 m) long.
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Stegosaurus (STEG-oh-sor-us) 13 A Big Bite Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex, T. rex tooth hunted for plant-eating dinosaurs. One day, millions of years ago, a T. rex attacked an Edmontosaurus. The T. rex took a bite from the plant-eater’s tail. How do we know?DROPCAP
The edges of a T. rex’s teeth were jagged to slice through meat.
14 Tyrannosaurus rex (ti-ran-uh-SOR-uhs REKS)
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Edmontosaurus (ED-mohn-tow-sor-uhs) 15 T. rex Warriors Scientists found an Edmontosaurus tailbone fossil. There’s a broken T. rex tooth in the bone!
Edmontosaurus fossil
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T. rex tooth
It shows that a T. rex attacked an Edmontosaurus. 16 Some T. rex skulls have T. rex tooth marks in them. T. rexes fought each other, too!
T. rex skull
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T. rex tooth marks 17 Food Fight! Dinosaurs called Deinonychuses battled over food.
Deinonychus (dye-NON-ih-kuss) DROPCAP
18 Scientists found fossils of large and small Deinonychuses. They were fighting over meat. The scientists discovered that the big ones killed and ate the smaller ones!
Komodo dragon
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Today, lizards called Komodo dragons fght over food in the same way. 19 Fighting Forever Scientists found a fossil of two dinosaurs locked together. Long ago, a fierce Velociraptor attacked a Protoceratops.
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The Velociraptor’s foot claw stabbed the plant-eater’s neck. 20 Then, the two dinosaurs died and were buried in sand. Over time, their bodies turned to rock, trapping the fighters forever!
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Protoceratops (PRO-toe-ser-uh-tops)
Velociraptor (vuh-LOSS-uh-rap-tawr) 21 Glossary
fossils (FOSS-uhlz) the rocky remains of animals and plants that lived millions of years ago
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herd (HURD) a large group of animals that live together
22 jagged (JAG-id) having a rough edge made up of sharp points
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scientists (SYE-uhn-tists) people who study nature and the world
23 Index Allosaurus 12–13 Komodo dragons 19 teeth 14, 16–17 Deinonychus 18–19 Protoceratops 20–21 Triceratops 4–5, 6–7, 8–9 Edmontosaurus 14–15, 16 spikes 12–13 Tyrannosaurus rex 14–15, fossils 8–9, 12, 16, 19 Stegoceras 10–11 16–17 horns 6–7, 8–9 Stegosaurus 12–13 Velociraptor 20–21 Read More Ganeri, Anita, and O’Hearn, Michael. Triceratops vs. David West. Dinosaurs Stegosaurus: When Horns and Plates (Monster Fight Club). Collide (Dinosaur Wars). North New York: Rosen (2012). Mankato, MN: Capstone (2010). LearnDROPCAP More Online To learn more about dinosaurs, visit www.bearportpublishing.com/dinosphere About the Author Ruth Owen has been developing and writing children’s books for more than ten years. She first discovered dinosaurs when she was four years old—and loves them as much today as she did then! 24 [Intentionally Left Blank]
DROPCAP Dinosaur Warriors
Take a step back in time to explore all things dinosaur—from fossil hunters to baby dinosaurs!
Read all the books in this series:
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by Ruth Owen