Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Segnosaurus

- Pronunciation: SEG-no-SAWR-us
- Translation: Slow Lizard
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Theropoda
- Family: Therizinosauridae
- Height: 10 feet (3 meters)
- Length: 21 feet (6.5 meters)
- Period: Late Cretaceous
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal?
- Notes: Found in Mongolia, Segnosaurus had a hip structureunlike either the bird-hipped or lizard-hipped dinosaurs. Inaddition, although it was an herbivore, it had hands clawedlike those of a carnivore. These characteristics led to the definition of the segnosaurid family.