List of Dinosaur References in Rugrats

There is a lot of reference to historical figures and celebrities in the Rugrats series. One of the other things that take part of the series is dinosaurs.

Tyrannosaurus rex
The largest predator in Western North America was the Tyrannosaurus rex. A meat eater, it couldn't hunt like normal predators due to the size of its head and small arms; therefore, it hunted in packs or scavenged for injured or dead prey. Which means its young might have had feathers. Tyrannosaurus rex could run up to sixty miles per hour, and the female T-Rex was the largest of the species. As the T-Rex grew it would lose its teeth, which were replaced constantly. Additionally, males of the species became brightly colored as they matured, while females grew dull in color. Adult T-rexes were much slower than babies. Reptar is a Green T-rex.

Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus is a large herbivore. It lived in North America during the late Jurassic Period. It moved largely in huge groups that move from food source to food source. Apatosaur lays its eggs in large clutches in spots they build nests. There is not much we know except that they eat rocks to digest the plants. And their offspring is left alone to defend there self after birth. So they probably hide under low brush until they are big enough to leave the forest. After that they continue to eat until they reach a size 23 meters and weigh to 23 metric tonnes. Apatosaurus appeared in "Toy Palace" and "Cavebabies".

Triceratops
A large herbivore. They lived in large groups where there is an Alpha Male and Alpha Female. There would usually other females in the group including immature males. Their main defense is creating a wall of horns as they circle around their youth in the middle. The other purpose for the horns on the Triceratops is to make its appearance different from other species. The ultimate reason is to impress female Triceratops like the feathers on male peacocks uses there tail feathers to impress the female peacock. The males are brightly colored while the female are dull in color. A baby triceratops has a flat crest and small horns, while a teenage have a boney crest and horns sticking up than forward, young adult Triceratops have a spiky crest and long straight horns and fully grown Triceratops have no bone crest and larger horns. A mother Triceratops takes care of there young until they are teenagers. The Triceratops lived in the Western Part of North America. Triceratops appeared in "Reptar 2010", "The Big House", and "Toy Palace".

Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus is an armored dinosaur with large plated and a spike tail. It is Plates are designed to cool down the dinosaur and is able to depect the health of the male Stegosaurus. The eat plants and can be seen living in fields with large herds of Camptosaurus. They are considered to be not that intelligent in fact, studies state that it had a good concentration. It will concentrate on one thing before moving on to another. It is famous for fending off large carnivores like Allosaurus. They lived with Apatosaurus in North America during the Late Jurassic period. It appeared in "Toy Palace".

Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus is a crested duck-billed dinosaur. The long hollow crest was used to make noise to communicate with others of its kind and alert danger. It appeared in "Toy Palace".

Allosaurus
It appeared in "Angelicon".

Velociraptor
It appeared in "Cavebabies".