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1. I was a medium-sized early Ankylosaur with very distinctive armour. My name means "Many spikes" and I lived in southern England during the Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous period. Who am I?
2. Who am I? I lived in China during the Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous period. I was a tiny insectivorous mammal with a name meaning "Dawn mother".
3. Who am I? I was a turtle, the largest ever discovered, and I shared the oceans with Plesiosaurs and Mosasaurs. My name means "Ruling turtle" and I lived in the USA during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the late Cretaceous period.
4. Who am I? My name means "Early skin". I lived in the USA from the Albian stage of the early Cretaceous to the Cenomanian stage of the late Cretaceous period. I was a small lizard, a distant relative of the modern Gila monster.
5. I was an early snake. I had a pair of legs that were so tiny I couldn't use them to walk. I lived in Lebanon during the Cenomanian stage of the late Cretaceous period and my name means "True footed snake". Who am I?
6. I was a large marine reptile with a name meaning "Swollen lizard". I lived in Canada and the USA during the Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
7. I lived in Africa during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the late Cretaceous period. I was a marine reptile and my name means "Many teeth". Who am I?
8. Who am I? I was one of the largest Plesiosaurs, with my neck making up roughly half of my total body length. My name means "Thin plate lizard" and I lived in the USA during the Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period.
9. Who am I? I lived in Canada during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period. I was a large Plesiosaur with a name meaning "Last swimmer".
10. Who am I? I was a gigantic crocodilian, one of the largest ever known, so it's probably no surprise that my name means "Terrible crocodile". I lived in the USA during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period.
11. My name means "Bog lizard". I was a small terrestrial crocodile and I lived in South America during the Cenomanian and Campanian stages of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
12. I was one of the largest Pterosaurs and also one of the most well-known. I lived in the USA during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the late Cretaceous period and my name means "Winged and toothless". Who am I?
13. I lived in France during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period. I was a large Theropod dinosaur and my name means "Dragon lizard". Who am I?
14. Who am I? I was a large Theropod dinosaur with two horns sticking out sideways from above my eyes. My name means "Meat-eating bull" and I lived in South America during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the late Cretaceous period.
15. Who am I? My name means "White shark-toothed lizard". I was one of the largest known Theropod dinosaurs and I lived in Africa from the Albian stage of the early Cretaceous to the Cenomanian stage of the late Cretaceous period.
16. Who am I? I was a small Theropod with a name meaning "Wounding tooth". For my body size, I had a very large brain. I lived in Canada and the USA during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period.
17. I lived in Mongolia during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the late Cretaceous period. I was an Ornithomimosaur and my name means "Goose mimic". Who am I?
18. I've been something of a mystery for almost fifty years because all that palaeontologists had to work with were my enormous eight-foot-long arms. My name means "Terrible hand" and I lived in Mongolia during the Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
19. I was named for a crime I never committed. A small Theropod, rather than having lots of teeth, I had only two, situated on the roof of my mouth. I lived in Mongolia during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
20. Who am I? I lived in the USA during the Turonian stage of the late Cretaceous period. My name means "Sloth claw" and I belonged to a rare group of dinosaurs called Therizinosaurs.
21. Who am I? I was a peculiar little dinosaur. While the majority of Theropods had hands, I didn't. Instead, where my hands should have been, I had nothing more than one large claw, hence my name which means "Single claw". I lived in Mongolia during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period.
22. Who am I? I lived in the USA during the Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period. I was a flightless sea bird with a lifestyle similar to that of a modern penguin. My name means "Western bird".
23. My name means "Patagonian wing". I was a small flightless bird and I lived in South America during the Santonian stage of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
24. I was a small Dromaeosaur. My name, meaning "Fire thief", comes from the fact that my fossils were found in an area where rocks had been cleared of vegetation after a forest fire. I lived in France during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
25. Though I was already quite well known, my appearance in 'Jurassic Park' made me even more famous (though I'm somewhat smaller than the movie version). I was a Dromaeosaur with a name meaning "Fast thief" and I lived in China, Mongolia and Russia during the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous period. Who am I?
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