Step back in time more than 65 million years into the fascinating prehistoric world of the dinosaurs. You can embark upon your very own palaeontology adventure and become lost in a world where dinosaurs ruled the earth.
Walk among the enormous herbivores and the fierce carnivores, including a Triceratops, a vicious Velociraptor and a massive 18m long T.Rex!
This interactive attraction features an amazing indoor display of feathered dinosaurs, fossils and skeletons, and an incredible outdoor display of 14 life size dinosaurs that move and roar, and if you’re lucky, some of them might even let you get close enough to control them.
Purchase your Sea World tickets to see Dinosaur Island and other great attractions!
General Dinosaur Facts: Dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic period, about 200 million years ago They became extinct in the Cretaceous period, around 65 million years ago Dinosaur Periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous There are over 700 species of Dinosaurs
Extinction Theories: An asteroid over 9 miles wide hit the earth In the Gulf of Mexico Volcanic eruptions Climate changes
The Biggest Dinosaurs were Sauropods. Seismosaurus was 165 feet long Argentinosaurus was the heaviest at 60-88 tons. The Brachiosaurus was 39 feet high Giganotosaurus was the largest hunting dinosaur, at 46 feet long and up to 8 tonnes The smallest dinosaur was the Saltopus. It was only 3 feet long, and weighed about five pounds. Many scientists believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs