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Anchisaurus
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Name Anchisaurus
Order Sauropodomorpha
Suborder Saurischia
Class Dinosauria
Name Translation Close lizard
Period Early Jurassic
Location North America
Diet Herbivore
Size 2.5m (8ft)

Anchisaurus (Greek meaning "close lizard") was one of the smaller prosauropods. It is noted for having a small, slim snouted head, with ridged teeth for shredding leaves. It could have been bipedal or semibipedal[1]

Discovery and naming[]

Anchisaurus was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1885[2]. This was very early in the history of Sauropod study.

In popular culture[]

Fantasia oviraptor

Fantasia Anchisaurus

Gallery[]

Anchisaurus/Gallery

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