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Zephyrosaurus

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Zephyrosaurus

HerbivoreLate CretaceousEuornithopod

Pronunciation

Zal-mocks-ees

Meaning

After the Dacian deity Zalmoxis

Type

Euornithopod

Length

2 - 3 meters long

Period

Late Cretaceous

Years

69 million years ago

Location

Romania

Diet

Herbivore

About Zephyrosaurus

Zephyrosaurus was a small herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, around 155 to 145 million years ago. It was a member of the ornithischian group of dinosaurs and belonged to the family of Camptosauridae. It was a bipedal dinosaur, meaning it walked on two legs, and had a relatively small body size, with a length of around 2 to 3 meters (6.5 to 10 feet). It had a long, slender neck and a small head with a beak-like snout and cheek teeth suitable for grinding plants. It had small, triangular-shaped thumb claws that may have been used for defense or digging. Zephyrosaurus is known from fragmentary remains found in England and Portugal.

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