Dryosaurus facts for kids
| Dryosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic 155–145 mya |
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| Dryosaurus (left) and Ceratosaurus (right) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | Cerapoda |
| Infraorder: | Ornithopoda |
| Superfamily: | Iguanodontia |
| Family: | Dryosauridae |
| Genus: | Dryosaurus Marsh, 1878 |
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D. altus |
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Dryosaurus was a small plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur that lived in forests around 150 million years ago.
Its family, the Dryosauridae, were precursors (ancestors) of the Iguanodons, and lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous.
Images for kids
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Model in Poland
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Restoration
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Pelvis, leg, and tooth
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