Muttaburrasaurus

Muttaburra-saurus

Pronunciation:
MUT-a-BURR-a-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'Muttaburra lizard'
Muttaburrasaurus
large ornithopod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
7.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 110-100 million years ago
Found in:
Australia
Muttaburrasaurus milieu

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea
Named by:
Bartholomai and Molnar (1981)
Type species:
langdoni

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