Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Nipponosaurus

- Pronunciation: nip-on-uh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Japanese Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Ornithopoda
- Infraorder: Iguanodontia
- Family: Hadrosauridae
- Height: 14 feet (4.3 meters)
- Length: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal, Semi-Quadrupedal
- Notes: Nipponosaurus is known from fragmentary remains discovered in Japan. This small hadrosaur had a small dome-likecrest on its head and may be the same genus as Jaxartosaurus.