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DINODONTOSAURUS
(dy-noe-dont--oh-sore-us)
meaning: "Terrible toothed lizard"
Dinodontosaurus
Named By: Jaci Antonio Louzada Tupi Caldas in 1936
Time Period: Middle Triassic-Late Triassic
Location: Argentina, Brazil and Germany
Size: Up to 2.4 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Many individuals, including remains of juveniles
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Anomodontia | Dicynodontia | Kannemeyeriidae |
Also known as: | Dinodontosaurus oliveirai |
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Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was one of the largest herbivores of the Triassic (about 2.4 m long and weighing a few hundred pounds) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.

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