Monster Skulls
On this page you can see the 8 skulls of prehistoric giants which
children can make as one of the options for the skeleton activity.
For each creature you can see a skull made by children, a real fossil
skull, and its living form. The period in which it lived
is given (mya means millions of years ago), as well as its full body length and the length or height of
the skull. This should let you work out where the skulls can be
displayed in the school.
Click here to see skulls made by the Firs Primary School
Lower down you can see photos showing what some of the skulls might look like on a classroom wall.
Cretaceous, 65mya.
Length: 12m
Skull length: 1.5m
Cretaceous, 65mya.
Length: 8m.
Skull height: 2m.
Jurassic, 150mya.
Length: 35m.
Skull length: 60cm.
Jurassic, 154mya.
Length: 26m.
Skull length: 1m.
28-1.5mya.
Length: up to 16m.
Jaws height: 2m. The largest predator ever; also had the strongest bite (up to 18 tonnes).
Cretaceous, 112mya.
Length: 12m.
Skull length: 1.6m.
Cretaceous, 86mya.
Wingspan: 5m.
Skull length: 1.3m.
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- another species of Pteranodon. Cretaceous, 85mya. Wingspan: 6m. Skull length: 1.6m.
147mya.
Length: 13m.
Skull length: 3m.
Giant sea reptile; skull found on Svalbard in the Arctic. (estimates of skull length have been downsized to about 2.5m)
