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Look up: Anchisaurus

  1. Anchisaurus
    (pronounced AN-key-SAWR-us) Anchisaurus (meaning 'near lizard') was a prosauropod from the early Jurassic period, about 200 million to 188 million years ago. This plant-eater was 6.5 to 8 feet (2 to 2.5 m) long and probably weighed from 65-150 pounds (30-70 kg). It was a quadruped that could also walk on two legs. It had serrated, leaf-shaped teeth, a small head, a long neck, a long body, long, thin feet, and a long tail. Almost complete fossils have been found in Connecticut and Massachusetts, ...
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  2. Anchisaurus
    `Anchisaurus` (from Greek `agkhi` <anchi-; `near, close` + Greek sauros; `lizard`, probably referring to Marsh's interpretation of it as intermediate between more primitive dinosaurs [at the time `Palaeosaurus` was an example of what was thought to be a primitive dinosaur] and more derived dinosaurs) is a genus of prosauropod dinosaur. The name `Anchisaurus` was coined as a replacement name for `Amphisaurus`, which was a replacement name for H...
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  3. Anchisaurus
    (from the article `dinosaur`) ...Ellsworth, Jr., while he was digging a well at his homestead in Windsor, Connecticut. At the time, the bones were thought to be human, but much ...
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  4. Anchisaurus
    Anchisaurus Meaning “near” or “close lizard” from Early Jurassic northeast USA and South Africa. It was discovered in Connecticut and Massachusetts. This creature was formerly known as Gyposaurus, Megalosaurid, and Yaleosaurus. Named by Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) in 1885.
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