Struthiosaurus

Struthiosaurus

Pronunciation:
strew-thee-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'ostrich lizard'
Struthiosaurus
armoured dinosaur silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
2.5m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 83-75 million years ago
Found in:
Austria, France, Romania, Spain

Struthiosaurus may have been a dwarf ankylosaur, living on islands.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae
Named by:
Bunzel (1871)
Type species:
austriacus

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