Dinosaur Land
Dinosaur Land, located in Virginia’s Shenandoah’s Valley and 1.5 hours from DC, is a park filled with life-sized replicas of dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era, where these large reptiles were the only creatures that roamed the earth. Sometimes called the “Age of Dinosaurs,” the Mesozoic Era lasted between roughly 250-65 million years ago. Lying between the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic eras, "Mesozoic" means "middle life." Dinosaur Land, Inc. is located at 3448 Stonewall Jackson Highway, White Post, VA, 22663.
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Brachiosaurus - the largest of the dinosaurs? With a total length of 85 feet (!) and weighing in around 70,000 pounds, calling Brachiosaurus large would be a big understatement to say this was a large animal. Most resembling a modern day giraffe, this herbivore was just simply huge. Brachiosaurus...
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Brachiosaurus - largest herbivore to ever roam the planet Brachiosaurus, like all sauropod dinosaurs, was a quadrupedal animal with a small skull, a long neck (emphasis on long: it's head was 30 feet above ground), a large trunk with a high-ellipsoid cross section, a long, muscular tail and slender, columnar ...
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Dilophosaurus Dilophosaurus was roaming the Earth during the early Jurassic period, about 193 million years ago. Clearly a carnivore Dilophosaurus was a theropod dinosaur from the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic Period, about 193 million years ago. It is one...
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Gigantosaurus vs Titanosaur: an unfair fight An herbivore vs. a carnivore? NoTitanosaurs were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, which included Saltasaurus and Isisaurus. It includes some of the heaviest creatures ever to walk the earth, which some believe have weighed up to 100 tons (200,000 ...
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The Clash of the Titans Gigantosaurus (meaning "giant lizard") is a poorly known sauropod dinosaur genus from England. The type species, Gigantosaurus megalonyx, was named and described by Harry Govier Seeley in 1869. Its type, consists of several separately discovered...
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The winner: Megalosaurus A Megalosaurus kills a Gigantasaurus in a clash of the titans during prehistoric times. Awesome scenes like these can be seen just 90 minutes west of Washington, DC at Dinosaur Land in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
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Gigantosaurus enjoys a tasty Pteranodon Probably snatched up while on the ground, this photo of a replica Gigantasaurus munching upon a delicious Pteranodon was taken from the back. The Gigantasaurus probably took the Pteranodon from the ground or perhaps snatched it from the air being that...
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Velociraptor Not to be trifled with, the legendary Velociraptor, meaning 'swift seizer,' is a genus of theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized,...
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Oviraptor poses with Lyra
Completely disenfranchised with her current location,Lyra thinks lowly of the Oviraptor peering over her.
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Oviraptor
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Triceratops gouges a T. Rex
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Ancylosaurus
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Luke looks up at Praying Mantis
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King Kong grabs Luke Jr.
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