Atlascopcosaurus

Atlascopco-saurus

Pronunciation:
Atlass-KOP-KO-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Atlas Copco lizard'
Atlascopcosaurus
small ornithopod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 121-97 million years ago
Found in:
Australia

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda
Named by:
Rich and Rich (1989)
Type species:
loadsi

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