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Zephyrosaurus

Zephyrosaurus - Meaning: Westwood Wind Lizard or God Of The West Wind

Zephyrosaurus (ZEF-eye-roh-SAWR-us) was a genus of hypsilophodont ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Aptian - Albian ages, during the Lower Cretaceous Period, 119 - 113 million years ago, in Montana, USA.

Dinosaur Zephyrosaurus

Zephyrosaurus Characteristics

Zephyrosaurus was a small, swift dinosaur who measured 6 feet (1.8 metres) in length and 3 feet (0.9 metres) in height. It had a small head which contained flat cheek teeth. Zephyrosaurus was a bipedal dinosaur and walked on 2 strong, long hind legs with clawed feet. Its fore limbs were short with clawed hands. Its tail was long and stiff and used as a counter-balance. Zephyrosaurus had a steep face, a raised crest on the upper jaw, and a larger crest on the cheekbone. Some of the bones may have allowed movement within the skull (cranial kinesis) as well. Like other hypsilophodonts, it had a beak.

 

Zephyrosaurus was a herbivore and ate prehistoric plant material.

 

Zephyrosaurus was found in Montana, USA and was named by paleontologist H.D. Sues in 1980. It is known from a partial skull and some vertebrae.

The type species, Zephyrosaurus schaffi was described by Sues in 1980.

ZEPHYROSAURUS CLASSIFICATION:
Kingdom:
Animalia (animals)
Phylum:
Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain)
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Dinosauria
Order:
Ornithischia
Suborder:
Cerapoda
Infraorder:
Ornithopoda
Family:
Hypsilophodontidae
Genus:
Zephyrosaurus
Species:
Z. schaffi Sues, 1980 (type)










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