Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Scutellosaurus

- Pronunciation: scoo-TEL-oh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Little Shield Lizard
- Order: Ornithischia
- Suborder: Thyreophora (not confirmed)
- Height: 2 feet (0.6 meters)
- Length: 4 feet (1.2 meters)
- Period: Early Jurassic
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
- Notes: Scutellosaurus was a small, lightly-armored dinosaur with a tail twice the length of its body and head. It was covered with hundreds of tiny bony knobs set into its skin.