Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Dryosaurus

- Other Names: Dysalotosaurus
- Pronunciation: DRY-o-SAWR-us
- Translation: Oak Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Ornithopoda
- Infraorder: Iguanodontia
- Family: Dryosauridae
- Height: 5 feet (1.5 meters)
- Weight: 2,000 pounds (907 kg)
- Length: 12 feet (3.7 meters)
- Period: Late Jurassic
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Dryosaurus had a toothless beak and teeth shaped likeoak leaves, made for grinding leaves. It also had five fingers on each hand for gripping its food. Specimens have been found inAmerica, Europe and parts of Africa.