Free Maiasaura Facts & Coloring Pages for Kids





Why Kids Love Learning About Maiasaura
If you're searching for maiasaura coloring pages and facts for kids, you've found the "good mother lizard" - the dinosaur that proved dinosaurs were caring parents! Maiasaura is famous for its massive nesting colonies where parents brought food to their babies. Kids connect deeply with Maiasaura because it shows dinosaurs as loving families, not just monsters.
Amazing Maiasaura Facts
- Fact 1: Late Cretaceous, 76-75 million years ago, in Montana, USA.
- Fact 2: Herbivore that ate leaves, ferns, and flowering plants with its duck-like bill.
- Fact 3: Up to 30 feet long and weighed 3-4 tons. Babies were only about 1 foot long at hatching.
- Fact 4: Maiasaura was discovered at "Egg Mountain" - a site with hundreds of nests, eggs, hatchlings, and adults all together. This proved dinosaurs cared for their young and lived in colonies. The babies stayed in the nest while parents brought food!
- Fact 5: Discovered in 1978 by paleontologist Jack Horner. It was the first dinosaur in space - a Maiasaura fossil was taken aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1995!
What's Inside This Free Maiasaura Pack
- Page 1 - Meet Maiasaura: Full-body coloring of the good mother lizard.
- Page 2 - Maiasaura's World: Cretaceous nesting colony.
- Page 3 - Find Maiasaura: Silhouette challenge among hadrosaurs.
- Page 4 - Dino Family: The quintessential family scene - Maiasaura with nest and babies!
- Page 5 - Dig It Up!: Fossil dig with nest and baby bones.
These maiasaura coloring pages and facts for kids are free - enter your email for the 5-page PDF. Part of the Ultimate Dino Bundle. Your little nurturer will love the dinosaur that was the world's best mom!















