rssayed/cosc4397_ardinosaurs

COSC4397_ARDinosaurs

Group Members:

• Shaheer Khan
• Reeba Sayed

Dinosaurs by Continents and Facts:

North America: Triceratops Facts:

• Triceratops means "three-horned-face" in Greek.
• Triceratops skull was one-third of it's body.
• Had on average around 800 teeth.

South America: Argentinosaurus Facts:

• The largest land-mammal weighing up to 220,000lbs and up to 130 feet in length.
• Clocked in at a blazing top-speed of 5mph.
• This dinosaur took up to 40 years to reach it's maximum size.

Asia: Tyrannosaurus Rex Facts:

• Tyrannosaurus Rex means "King of the Tyrant Lizards" in Greek.
• Could exert 57,000 newtons of force with it's bite.
• Teeth could grow up to 12 inches long.

Europe: Balaur Facts:

• Interpretted to be a flightless bird instead of a lizard.
• Had large, retractable sickle claws on both the first and second toes of each foot.
• Thought to have evolved in this shape, due to being cut off from it's cousin on the mainland, the Velociraptor.

Africa: Spinosaurus Facts:

• Carnivorous dinosaur that was larger than even the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
• Sail on their back could grow as high as 7-feet.
• Paleontologiest beleive this dinosaur had the ability to swim.

Australia and Antartica: Pterosaur Facts:

• Bones were hollow, which enabled the reptile to be light enough to fly.
• First animal, after insects, to evolve and gain powered flight.
• On land, this creature walked on all fours (legs and wings).

Database Schema:

Dinosaur:

• (PK) DinosaurId
• DinosaurName (VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL)

Continent:

• (PK) ContinentId
• ContinentName (VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL)

Dinosaur_Continent:

• (PK) Dinosaur_ContinentId
• (FK) DinosaurId
• (FK) ContinentId

Fact:

• (PK) FactId
• FactDescription (VARCHAR(250) NOT NULL)
• (FK) DinosaurId