The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 14th Amargasaurus

• Amargasaurus was a small sauropod who lived in South America. It had long, bony spines along its back.
• Christmas wish list: That the thing in the previous post, about Carnotaur's jaw not being strong enough to stop large prey, is true.

The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 13th Carnotaur

• Scientists are fairly sure that Carnotaur was a scavenger, the weak lower jaw wouldn't have had the strength to stop large prey. 
• Christmas wish list: BABYMOUSE!!!

[REMINDER!] Book signings today--Springvlle Art Museum at 11:00, West Jordan Barnes & Noble from 2-5:00. Come get your books signed!

The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 12th Saichania

CRATCHET SAICHANIA: "Merry Christmas to you Mr. Scrooge, sir."

SCROOGE SAICHANIA: "Any fellow who goes about with a Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly in his heart. He should! Bah humbug! " WHACK!

The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 11th Triceratops

• Triceratops was discovered in Wyoming by John Bell Hatcher. He discovered 32 Triceratops skulls in one county.
• Christmas wish list: One year membership to the Jelly-of-the-Month club. "That's the gift that keeps on givin' the whole year long."

The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 10th Apatosaurus

• Apatosaurus is the correct name for the sauropod commonly referred to as Brontosaurus. Apatosaurus was identified and named first. Two years later, in 1879, Brontosaurs was discovered. Further study proved they were the same species. You might think the guy who discovered Brontosaurus would be angry, nope, same guy discovered both.
• Christmas wish list: Rock Band 2. Apatosaurus thinks Rock Band is ten times better than Guitar Hero. And she is right.

The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 9th Styracosaur

• Styracosaur is the one in the back, with all the horns. I know, I know, these are supposed to be dinosaurs that AREN'T in The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas--but this is from the back cover, so technically not in the book.
• Christmas wish list. Too bad Styracosaur, you don't get a wish list, today is my birthday (the 8th...the day I'm putting this together) and I get to post MY wish list. I want everyone to buy this book, and all my other books. Also I want the LEGO Coast Guard Chopper.
• Greetings to the folks who wandered over from Facebook. I just signed up today, I've been looking at photos of all my old classmates. What a fascinating, technological age we live in.

The Dinosaur-A-Day Christmas Advent

December 8th Diplodocus

• New fossil evidence shows that Diplodocus had a row of spines along its back, like the modern day iguana. Those would have been pretty big spines.
• Christmas wish list: "I'd like another one of those big candy canes, Santa. Do you have Ginkgo flavor?"