Tenontosaurus

Pronunciation:
ten-ON-toe-sore-us
Name meaning:
'sinew lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
7.0m
Weight:
900kg
Diet:
herbivorous
Teeth:
beak and chopping teeth
Food:
plant material
How it moved:
on 4 legs
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 120-110 million years ago
Found in:
Canada,
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia
Named by:
Ostrom (1970)
Type species:
tillettorum

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