Dryosaurus (s {respell|DRY|o|SAWR|əs}; meaning `oak lizard`, Greek δρυς/drys meaning `oak` and σαυρος/sauros meaning `lizard`; the name is from the vague oak-leaf shape of its cheek teeth) is a genus of an ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period. It was an iguanodont (formerly classified as a hypsilophodont). Fo...
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Dryosaurus was a small dinosaur of the Jurassic period. Dryosaurus was related to Hypsilophodon, but was larger at between three and four metres long. Dryosaurus is believed to have been a herbivore. It walked on its hind legs and had hands on the ends of its fore legs which it might have used to gather plants to eat. Its mouth was furnished with s...
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Dryosaurus An `oak (tree) lizard” from Middle-Late Jurassic western USA, eastern England, Tanzania, and Romania. The name refers to the dinosaur's forest habitat and leaf-eating diet. The word drys meant a large tree in ancient Greek, in particular the oak. Although the meaning `oak” is used in botanical nomenclature, the more general meaning ...
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