Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Edmontosaurus

- Other Names: Anatosaurus, Thespesius
- Pronunciation: ed-MON-tuh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Edmonton Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Ornithopoda
- Infraorder: Iguanodontia
- Family: Hadrosauridae
- Height: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
- Weight: 7,000 - 8,000 pounds (3,175-3,630 kg)
- Length: 43 feet (13.1 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Edmontosaurus was discovered in Alberta, Canada.A plant eater with batteries of teeth in its jaw bone for pulverizingplant food, it had up to 60 rows of teeth on each jaw -- morethan 1,000 teeth in total.