Dinosaurs used to be living animals, with muscles, organs, scales, and feathers.
But nowadays, almost all thats left of them are the hardest parts of their bodies: their bones.
Velociraptorlived in the desert, where it ate meat, including other small dinosaurs.
Scientists now know thatVelociraptorwas covered with feathers.
It even had wings, although it couldnt fly.
Dacentruruswas an armoured dinosaur, covered in plates and spikes.Cetiosauruswas a long-necked dinosaur.
Now comes the fun part.
Use a coin or your fingernails to scratch away the dinosaurs body, revealing the bones hidden underneath!
These skeletal diagrams were created by Jaime A. Headden and released under a CC-BY license.
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