Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Heterodontosaurus

- Pronunciation: het-er-uh-DON-tuh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Different-Toothed Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Ornithopoda
- Family: Heterodontosauridae
- Height: 18 inches (0.45 meters)
- Weight: 10 pounds (4.5 kg)
- Length: 40 inches (0.9 meters)
- Period: Early Jurassic
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal, semi Quadrupedal
- Notes: Found in southern Africa, Heterodontosaurus was a small, primitive dinosaur with large eyes above a short face and an odd assortment of teeth that inspired its name "different-toothed lizard". It had three kinds of teeth