Juvenile Triceratops and Alamosaurus

 Today's new drawing that I did is of a juvenile nature.

It is fairly simple cartoon drawing for young people (kids) to color and

it is a drawing of two juvenile dinosaurs.

Juvenile Triceratops and Alamosaurus

These are young or juvenile herbivorous dinosaurs.  They are also quadropeds. So they ate plants and walked on four feet.  For years, paleontologists thought that there were no Sauropods in North America during the late Cretaceous.  But the discovery of Amamosaurus changed that.  It was a large Sauropod that was close to 100 feet long or 30 meters long... as an adult.   Large males probably weighed around 88 tons or 80 tonnes (metric tonnes).   It had armored spines along its neck and back.  Alamosaurus was the only Titanosaur ever found in North America.  It is thought that it migrated up from South America.  By the way, Alamosaurus was 36 feet or 11 meters tall.  That is quite impressive. 

Triceratops is more well-known.  It was a 30-foot-long armored Ceratopsian or horned dinosaur.  It was the last and the biggest of the Ceratopsians.  Both these dinos lived in the late Cretaceous of North America.  This fun drawing shows two friends walking together.  The volcano in the background is actually scientifically accurate.  There was a rise in volcanic activity worldwide in the late Cretaceous.

You might have noticed the Pterosaurs in the background.  They are Pteranodons.  They had a wingspan of up to 25 feet wide... or 7.6 meters wide.  Males had a larger crest than the females. 

NOTE:  This drawing is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology  Then scrolling down to the bottom of the "Mesozoic Life" part of the list.  IF you are accessing this in August of 2025, then this drawing will be at or near the drop-down menu or list of paleontology drawings from the Mesozoic Life section.  Just click on the title and you'll get the printable coloring page.