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Name
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Lesothosaurus
(Fabrosaurus)
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Meaning
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Lizard
from Lesotho
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Pronunciation
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le-soo-too-sore-us
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Found
in
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Africa
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Anatomy
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Flexible
neck and small triangular eyes
Sharp
pointed incisors (front teeth)
Cheek
teeth in the shape of arrowheads
Short
arms with five fingers on each hand
Long
hind legs Each
foot had four toes Long
pointed tail. Light
weight body |
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Length
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1
meter
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Height
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Weight
(mass)
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30
kilograms
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Locomotion
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Bipedal
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Food
preference
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Herbivore
(low growing plants)
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Time
period
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Early
Jurassic (200 million years ago)
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Type
of hip
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Bird
hipped
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Dinosaur
group
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Ornithischia
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Remains
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Fragments
of jaw with three teeth was found in the early 1960’s.
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