ALL ABOUT DINOSAURS!
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Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Pelorosaurus means "monstrous lizard" Pronounced - pe-LOH-ro-SAWR-us Named By - Gideon Mantell When Named - 1850 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - Roughly 80 ft (24 m) long Height - ? Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Early Cretaceous period, about 138-112 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Wealden Formation in England and perhaps in Ferveneca, Portugal, both in Europe. |
| FOSSILS: | Only a few bones have been found, including neck and back vertebrae, an arm bone, some hip bones, and some partial hind leg bones. Skin impressions with hexagonal (six-sided) plates (9-26 mm across) have also been found. |
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Pelorosaurus was an armored, plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck, a long tail, a small head and a bulky body. So little is known about Pelorosaurus that it is a dubious genus (a nomen dubium). |
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