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LURDUSAURUS
(lur-du-sore-us)
meaning: "heavy lizard"
Lurdusaurus
Named By: P. Taquet & D. A. Russell in 1999
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 121-112 Ma
Location: Niger - Elhraz Formation
Size: About 9 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial skeleton and skull fragments
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Styracosterna | Hadrosauriformes |
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Lurdusaurus ('heavy lizard') is a genus of large ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, sometime between 121 and 112 million years ago.

Read more about Lurdusaurus at Wikipedia
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