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Name
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Leaellynasaura
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Meaning
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Named after Leaellyn Rich, the daughter
of the paleontologist Tom Rich, and Patricia Vickers who found the skill.
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Pronunciation
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Lee-EL-in-a-SAW-rah
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Found in
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Australia, Antarctica
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Anatomy
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Unusually large eye-socks, and
two bumps further back for the optic nerve.
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Length
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Up to 2 m
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Height
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Weight (mass)
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Up to 10 kg
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Locomotion
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Bipedal
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Food preference
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Herbivore
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Time period
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Cretaceous (112 – 104 million years
ago)
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Type of hip
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Lizard-hipped
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Dinosaur group
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ornithropod
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Remains
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Well preserved skull
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