Parksosaurus

Parksosaurus

Pronunciation:
PARKS-oh-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'Park's lizard'
Parksosaurus
small ornithopod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 76-74 million years ago
Found in:
Canada

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda
Named by:
Sternberg (1937)
Type species:
warrenae

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