Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Coloradisaurus

- Other Names: Coloradia
- Pronunciation: KOL-uh-RAD-i-SAWR-us
- Translation: Colorados Lizard
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
- Infraorder: Prosauropoda
- Family: Plateosauridae
- Length: 13.1 feet (4 meters)
- Period: Late Triassic
- Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
- Notes: Named for the Los Colorados rock formation inArgentina, where it was discovered, Coloradisaurus was a small prosauropod which alternated between a bipedalwalk and walking on all fours.