Introduction
It gathered plants with its beak and digested them in its large stomach. Therizinosaurus was very tall, possibly for reaching into treetops. It had extremely long, bladelike claws, which must have been used to defend itself. Although plants made up most of its diet, Therizinosaurus probably ate a few small animals too.
What type of dinosaur is Maiasaura?
saurolophine hadrosaurid
Maiasaura (from the Greek μαῖα, meaning “good mother” and σαύρα, the feminine form of saurus, meaning “reptile”) is a large herbivorous saurolophine hadrosaurid (“duck-billed”) dinosaur genus that lived in the area currently covered by the state of Montana and the province of Alberta, Canada in the Upper Cretaceous
Where was the Maiasaura found?
Choteau, Montana
In 1978 a Maiasaura nesting site was discovered in the Two Medicine Formation near Choteau, Montana, U.S. The remains of an adult Maiasaura were found in close association with a nest of juvenile dinosaurs, each about 1 metre (3.3 feet) long.
What did Maiasaura eat?
Maiasaura were herbivores, which means they ate plants instead of meat. They lived in the Late Cretaceous Period, approximately 80 million years ago, in North America. Maiasaura had a toothless beak for snipping plants and hundreds of teeth designed for chewing and grinding.
What ate Maiasaura?
Maiasaura May Have Been Preyed on by Troodon
During the late Cretaceous period, Maiasaura lived in a fairly complex ecosystem, sharing its territory not only with other hadrosaurs (such as Gryposaurus and Hypacrosaurus) but also meat-eating dinosaurs like Troodon and Bambiraptor.
Which dinosaurs were good parents?
But duck-billed Maiasaura, a name that means ‘good mother lizard’, is one of the best-known examples of parental behaviour. These Late Cretaceous dinosaurs, which lived around 80 to 75 million years ago, are thought to have nested in large colonies.
What dinosaur evolved into owls?
A tiny bird-like dinosaur with long legs and muscular, clawed arms was quite the night owl. Shuvuuia deserti lived around 75 to 81 million years ago and not only had remarkable hearing, but also well-honed night vision much better than that of other dinosaurs and most modern birds.
How did Maiasaura go extinct?
Paleontologists aren’t agreed on how the Maiasaura died out. But there are many who think these dinosaurs went extinct because of an asteroid that hit the earth near the end of the Cretaceous Period. The asteroid was thought to be six miles wide.
Who discovered Maiasaura?
Maiasaura was first discovered by amateur paleontologist Marion Brandvold and then described and studied by paleontologists Jack Horner and Robert Makela in the late 1970s.
How big was a Parasaurolophus?
33 ft
Parasaurolophus were about 10 m (33 ft) long, 5 m (16 ft) high and weighed around 3500 kg (7,700 lb).
Conclusion
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