Struthiosaurus

Pronunciation:
strew-thee-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'ostrich lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
2.5m
Diet:
herbivorous
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