Claosaurus dinosaur facts, stats and image

CLAOSAURUS

To purchase a Museum Quality Dinosaur Replica click here.


PRONUNCIATION:

CLAY-o-SAWR-us

TRANSLATION:

Broken Lizard

ALSO KNOWN AS:

n/a

DESCRIPTION:

Herbivore, Bipedal, Semi-Quadrupedal

ORDER:

Ornithischia

SUBORDER:

Ornithopoda

INFRAORDER:

Iguanodontia

MICRO-ORDER:

n/a

SUPERFAMILY:

n/a

FAMILY:

Hadrosauridae

HEIGHT:

6 feet (1.8 meters)

LENGTH:

12 feet (3.7 meters)

WEIGHT:

2,000 lbs (907 kg)

PERIOD:

Late Cretaceous

NOTES:

One complete skeleton was found apparently frozen in a running position, with the body held horizontally, the tail outstretched, and the head thrown back. (No skull was found.) This plant-eating hadrosaur propably had a duck-shaped bill or a toothless beak.





Hosted by uCoz