Tuojiangosaurus

Pronunciation:
too-YANG-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Tuo River lizard'
Tuojiangosaurus
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
7.0m
Weight:
1500kg
Diet:
herbivorous
Teeth:
small, snipping teeth
Food:
soft shoots and ferns
How it moved:
on 4 legs
When it lived:
Late Jurassic, 157-154 million years ago
Found in:
China
Tuojiangosaurus

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae, Stegosaurinae
Named by:
Dong, Li, Zhou and Zhang (1973)
Type species:
multispinus

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