Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Gryposaurus

- Pronunciation: GRYE-puh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Griffin Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Ornithopoda
- Infraorder: Iguanodontia
- Family: Hadrosauridae
- Length: 26.2 feet (8 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Gryposaurus, a duck-billed dinosaur, is one of the few for whom skin casts have been found. The skin cast reveals itsskin to have been covered with smooth scales less than a quarterof an inch (0.5 cm) in size.