Types of Dinosaurs

Names of Dinosaurs & Dinosaur Information
Dinosaur Name:

Thecodontosaurus

- Other Names: Agrosaurus
- Pronunciation: thee-kuh-DON-tuh-SAWR-us
- Translation: Socket-toothed lizard
- Order: Saurischia
- Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
- Infraorder: Prosauropoda
- Family: Thecodontosauridae
- Height: 4 feet (1.2 meters)
- Length: 9.6 feet (3 meters)
- Period: Late Triassic
- Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
- Notes: A very primitive prosauropod, Thecodontosaurus wasfound in England. Similar fossils have been found in North America,Africa and Australia. Thecodontosaurus had a long neck and slender limbs.