Thursday, February 6, 2020

Qianzhousaurus or Pinocchio rex The Tyrannosaur with a long snout


This is a Free Coloring Page blog.  Click on buttons up top for one of 800+ free coloring pages.  There are no fees and no ads.  Have fun coloring!  Today's post is of Pinocchio Rex swimming.  

Pinocchio rex swimming

Qiazhousaurus sinensis was discovered in China in 2014.  It had such a long snout that it has been called "Pinocchio Rex."  It was around 30 feet or 9 meters long.  It was a type of Tyrannosaur.  Or at the very least it was related to Tyrannosaurs.  It had a unique feature for a Tyrannosaur.  It had a long narrow snout with weaker muscles for catching fish or maybe birds or small prey.  It did not have the powerful bone crushing jaw muscles of a typical Tyrannosaur. 

It may or may not have had feathers.  But more and more paleontologists are thinking that perhaps all Theropod dinosaurs had feathers.  A Theropod is a carnivorous dinosaur.  Well, at least most Theropods were carnivores.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the correct button up top.  Click on either . . . . All Printables.  . . . . . . or . . . . . Paleontology.   Then scroll down to the bottom of the list for this new drawing. By the way, I have drawn this dinosaur before... with it walking on land.  So, there are two drawings on this blog of Pinocchio rex.  I am posting the older drawing below.  Since this dino was found in China, I am also posting these drawings in Chinese.


Pinocchio rex
(on land.  This is from an older post.)

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