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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Elaphrosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Elaphrosaurus means "nimble lizard" Pronounced - EL-ah-fro-SAWR-us Named By - Werner Janensch When Named - 1920 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 17-20.5 ft (5-6.2 m) long Height - 5 ft (1.5 m) tall at the hips Weight - 460 pounds (210 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Jurassic period, about 155 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa. |
| FOSSILS: | Only a few bones of Elaphrosaurus have been found. A skull has not been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Elaphrosaurus was a fast, bipedal (walked on two legs), meat-eating dinosaur. This dinosaur had short, thin arms with 3-fingered hands, strong, long-shinned legs, 3-toed feet, a long thin neck and a stiff tail. |
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