DIY Cards

Eotyrannus
Eotyrannus


6 POINTS
PLAY: Eotyrannus had a move of 2
FACT: Eotyrannus was a small, slender theropod with proportionally long legs and toes. Those long legs may have meant that the dinosaur was a fast runner as it tracked down prey such as Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon

Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzalcoatlus


7 POINTS
Play: Quetzalcoatlus had a FLIGHT of 2
FACT: Quetzalcoatlus could fly up to 80 miles an hour for 7 to 10 days at altitudes of 15,000 feet”. Feet were well adapted to walking but not for capturing and holding prey.

Dilong
Dilong Paradoxus


6 POINTS
Play: Dilong had a move of 2
FACT: Dilong had protofeathers that were likely used for insulation giving the small body mass to surface area ratio that indicates rapid heat loss

Deinonychus



8 POINTS
PLAY: Deinonychus had a move of 2
FACT: The long sickle-shaped claw on each hindlimb meant Deinonychus could deliver deadly stab wounds to its prey. Deinonychus was intelligent for a dinosaur because it had a large brain compared to its body size.

Irritator
Irritator challengeri

7 POINTS
PLAY: Irritator challengeri had a move of 2.
FACT: Irritator mainly ate fish as well as land prey. The skull of this dinosaur had been heavily modified by poachers, in part using a car filler to aid in sculpting.

Confuciusornis
Confuciusornis sanctus

8 POINTS
PLAY: Confuciusornis sanctus had a flight of 2.
FACT: Confuciusornis also ate insects and fish. Fossil evidence suggests it most likely lived in large colonies along lake shores in what is now China’s Liaoning Province. The claws on its wings were used for climbing similar to bats.