Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Camptosaurus

- Pronunciation: KAMP-tuh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Bent Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Ornithopoda
- Infraorder: Iguanodontia
- Family: Camptosauridae
- Height: 10 feet (3 meters)
- Weight: 4,000 lbs (1,814 kg)
- Length: 23 feet (7 meters)
- Period: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal, semi Quadrupedal
- Notes: Camptosaurs had five fingers, and a snout that endedin a horny beak. Because its fore-legs were short, it walkedon its hind legs; however, it grazed on all four legs. Manyskeletons of this dinosaur have been found in England andin Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.