Dracorex

Name: Dracorex

Pronounced: dray-ko-rex

Meaning: Dragon king

Type: Euornithopod

Length: 4 meters long

Diet: Herbivore

Period: Late Cretaceous

Years: 66 million years ago

Location: USA

Description: Dracorex is a genus of small, herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 66-65 million years ago. It was a member of the group of dinosaurs called the ceratopsids, which includes a diverse group of animals that are characterized by their distinctive head frills and horns. Dracorex was a small, agile dinosaur, with an estimated length of about 5-6 feet and a weight of up to 500 pounds. It had a small, triangular head with a large, spiky frill, and a pair of long, pointed horns on its snout. It had a long, slender body, with a series of bony plates running down its back and tail. Dracorex is known from a single, well-preserved fossil specimen, which was discovered in South Dakota in the United States. It is named after the Latin words 'draco,' meaning 'dragon,' and 'rex,' meaning 'king,' in reference to the distinctive dragon-like appearance of its head. Dracorex was a herbivorous dinosaur, feeding on a variety of plants including ferns, cycads, and conifers. It is considered a primitive ceratopsid, and is thought to be closely related to other members of this group such as Stygimoloch and Pachyrhinosaurus. Dracorex is important because it is one of the earliest known ceratopsids, and provides insight into the early evolution and diversity of this group of dinosaurs. It is also significant because it is one of the few known ceratopsids that is known from only a single specimen, and provides important evidence for the diversity and evolutionary relationships of these animals.

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