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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Wuerhosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Wuerhosaurus means "lizard from Wuerho, China" Named By - Dong Zhiming Pronounced woo-EHR-ho-SAWR-us When Named - 1973 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 27 ft (8.1 m) long Height - 6 ft (1.8 m) tall at the hips Weight - about 4 tons |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Early Cretaceous period, about 135-120 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Xinjiang, China, Asia. |
| FOSSILS: | A partial fossil (without a complete skull) has been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Wuerhosaurus was a stegosaurid (related to Stegosaurus) that had bony, rounded plates along its back and 4 bony spikes at the tip of its tail (thagomizers). It had a shorter body and wider hip bones than other stegosaurids. |
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