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Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Hesperosaurus (originally called Hesperisaurus) means "western lizard" Pronounced - hes-PARE-uh-SAWR-us Named By - K. Carpenter et al. When Named - 2001 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) - Hesperosaurus probably ate ferns, smaller club mosses, cycads, horsetails, and bushy conifers. |
| SIZE: | Length - ? Height - ? Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in the Morrison Formation, Jackson County, Wyoming, USA, North America. |
| FOSSILS: | Hesperosaurus was found in Wyoming in 1985. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Hesperosaurus was a primitive stegosaurid dinosaur that had a single row of rounded plates running down its back; it also had four bony spikes (thagomizers) at the end of the tail. |
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