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| NAME: | Meaning - Pinacosaurus means "plank lizard" Pronounced - PIN-ah-co-SAWR-us Named By - Charles Gilmore When Named - 1933 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 18 ft (5.5 m) long Height - 2 ft (60 cm) tall at the hips Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 81-85 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Mongolia, Asia. |
| FOSSILS: | Over 35 incomplete fossils have been found, many in large bonebeds, indicating that Pinacosaurus may had roamed in herds. |
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Pinacosaurus was a medium-sized, armored, beaked, quadruped with a slender build. It had a tail club, bony spikes along its back and tail, but didn't have armor on its snout. Pinacosaurus had flared nostrils, four large hoof-covered toes on its front feet and five toes on each of its rear feet. |
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