Top Ten Dinosaur Facts

1Technically, birds are dinosaurs


2Pterosaurs, Mosasaurs, Plesiosaurs and Ichthyosaurs are not dinosaurs


3Dinosaurs were more akin to being warm blooded


4Many dinosaurs had feathers or plumages


5Dinosaurs were classified in two orders, Saurischians and Ornithischians


6The earliest sightings of dinosaur remains date back to about 2,000 years ago


7The term "Dinosaur" was coined in 1842


8Dinosaurs didn't have a long lifespan


9Dinosaurs cannot roar


10Dinosaurs ruled the Earth longer than any animal, past or present


11Dinosaurs were not stupid


12Dinosaur were not "terrible lizards"