Dryosaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Dryosaurus |
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| D. altus, Beneski Museum of Natural History | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Iguanodontia |
| Genus: | †Dryosaurus Marsh, 1894 |
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| Dryosaurus altus (Marsh, 1878 [originally Laosaurus altus])
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Dryosaurus was a small plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur that lived in forests of western North America 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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Restoration of D. altus
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Pelvis, leg, and tooth of D. altus, 1878 (incorrectly labelled as Laosaurus altus)
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Cast of the D. elderae holotype skull
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D. elderae holotype skeleton (front) with Ceratosaurus, Carnegie Museum
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