Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 01 of 34
Three Stops in Time
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Dinosaurs lived for millions of years. These three dinosaurs never met: each one lived in a different period.
Did you know?
Stegosaurus lived long before Tyrannosaurus rex.
Look together
Which period came between the Triassic and the Cretaceous?
An idea to try
Point to window number 2, then name the other two periods with an adult.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The three windows show animals from different periods, not a meeting. Period boundaries are defined in rocks; the earliest dinosaurs appear in the Triassic. Birds are still alive today.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Natural History Museum: When did dinosaurs live?Put Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous in order and recognize that the featured dinosaurs did not all coexist.
Page prepared on October 4, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
This drawing is from the book Dinosaurs Around the World to Colour
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