Dinobase

Identity card : Ammosaurus

IDENTITY CARD

Name Ammosaurus

Weight 10-40 kg

Age Early Jurassic

Distribution USA

IDENTITY CARD
Name	Ammosaurus
Weight	10-40 kg
Age	Early Jurassic
Distribution	USA

General information

Ammosaurus which means "Sand Lizard" was named by the palaeontologist Othniel C. Marsh in 1891.
It had a small head and a long neck. Ammosaurus could walk on all fours and stand on its legs.

University of Bristol-Department of Geology Palaeoserver
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/dinobase/dinopage.html