ALL ABOUT DINOSAURS!
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Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Altirhinus means "high nose" Pronounced - al-ti-RINE-us Named By - David Norman When Named - 1998 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 23-26 feet (7-8 m) long Height - 6.6 ft (2 m) tall at the hips Weight - 4 tons |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Cretaceous period, about 120-100 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Khuren Dukh, Dornogov (East Gobi Province), south-central Mongolia, Asia. |
| FOSSILS: | Altirhinus is known from five partial skeletons and a two skulls (plus another fragmentary skull). |
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Altirhinus had a tall beak on its rounded snout and a spiked thumb on each hand. This big-nosed dinosaur may have had a good sense of smell. It walked on two long legs but could also graze on all four limbs - the arms were a bit smaller than the legs. |
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