Zephyrosaurus

Zephyrosaurus

Pronunciation:
ZEF-ear-ro-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'west wind lizard'
Zephyrosaurus
small ornithopod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
1.8m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 120-110 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda
Named by:
Sues (1980)
Type species:
schaffi

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