Dinobase

Identity card : Anchisaurus

IDENTITY CARD

Name Anchisaurus

Other names Megadactylus, Amphisaurus, Yaleosaurus

Length 2.1 m

Weight 10-40 kg

Age Early Jurassic

Distribution USA

Diet Herbivorous

IDENTITY CARD
Name	Anchisaurus
Other names	Megadactylus, Amphisaurus, Yaleosaurus
Length	2.1 m
Weight	10-40 kg
Age	Early Jurassic
Distribution	USA
Diet	Herbivorous

General information

Anchisaurus, which means "close lizard" was named by the palaeontologist Othniel C. Marsh in 1885.
Anchisaurus was a small dinosaur living in the USA during the Early Jurassic. It was one of the first dinosaur remains collected in the USA.

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