Maiasaura (Caring/Good mother lizard) Phonetic My-ah-sore-ah Named By Jack Horner & Robert Makela - 1979 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species M. peeblesorum (type) Found in USA - Montana - Two Medicine Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 80-75 million years ago Maiasaura Facts Maiasaura is a genus […]
Lycorhinus (Wolf snout) Phonetic Ly-koe-rhy-nuss Named By Sidney H. Haughton - 1924 Diet Herbivore/Possibly Omnivore Size Estimated 4 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species L. angustidens (type) Found in South Africa, Cape Province - Elliot Formation, England When it Lived Late Jurassic, 155 to 150 million years ago Lycorhinus Facts Lycorhinus, meaning “wolf
Lurdusaurus (heavy lizard) Phonetic Lur-du-sore-us Named By P. Taquet & D. A. Russell - 1999 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 6 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species L. arenatus (type) Found in Niger - Elhraz Formation When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 130 million years ago Lurdusaurus Facts Lurdusaurus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur
Lophorhothon (crested nose) Phonetic Lo-for-rho-fon Named By W. Langston - 1960 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 4.5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species L. atopus (type) Found in USA, Alabama - Mooreville Chalk Formation, Carolina - Black Creek Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 84-71 million years ago Lophorhothon Facts Lophorhothon was named for
Leaellynasaura (Leaellyn’s lizard) Phonetic Lee-ell-lin-ah-saw-rah Named By Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich – 1989 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 1.5 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species L. amicagraphica (type) Found in Australia, Victoria When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 115-110 million years ago Leaellynasaura Facts Leaellynasaura is a genus of small herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur that
Lambeosaurus (Lambe’s lizard - after the palaeontologist Lawrence Morris Lambe) Phonetic Lam-be-o-sore-us Named By William Parks & Levi Sternberg - 1923 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species L. lambei (type), L. magnicristatus Found in Canada - Alberta. USA - Montana. Possibly also Baja California When it Lived Late
Kritosaurus (Seperated lizard) Phonetic Krit-o-sore-us Named By Barnum Brown - 1910 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 9 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species K. navajovius (type) Found in Argentina, USA - New Mexico - Kirtland Formation When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 74-67 million years ago Kritosaurus Facts Kritosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur
Jinzhousaurus (Jinzhou lizard) Phonetic Jin-zu-sor-us Named By X. Wang & X. Xu - 2001 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 2 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species J. yangi (type) Found in China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 125 million years ago Jinzhousaurus Facts Jinzhousaurus, meaning “Jinzhou lizard,” is a
Jaxartosaurus (Jaxartes lizard - after the Jaxartes River) Phonetic Jax-art-o-sore-us Named By Anatoly Nikolaenvich Riabinin - 1938 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated 8 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species J. aralensis (type) Found in China. Kazakhstan When it Lived Late Cretaceous, 85-70 million years ago Jaxartosaurus Facts Jaxartosaurus, also known as the “Jaxartes lizard,”
Iguanodon (Iguana tooth) Phonetic Ig-wah-no-don Named By Gideon Mantell - 1825 Diet Herbivore Size Estimated up to 10 meters long Type of Dinosaur Euornithopod Type Species I. bernissartensis (neotype) I. galvensis Found in Initially associated with Western Europe, attributed remains are now known in Africa, Asia and North America When it Lived Early Cretaceous, 130-125
