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Chindesaurus

Information

Chindesaurus had a long whip-like tail and long legs. No skull has been found, so its reconstruction is guesswork based on similar dinosaurs.

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Fact file

Pronounced

chin-dee-sore-us

Meaning of name

Chinde lizard

Length

  4m

Diet

carnivorous

When it lived

Late Triassic
(227 - 210 million years ago)

Found in

USA

Taxonomic details