| Name |
Mussaurus |
| Meaning |
Mouse Reptile |
| Pronunciation |
moo-SAWR-us |
| Found in |
South America |
| Anatomy |
Smallest of any dinosaur
long neck, long tail, a small head with a long snout,
and large, five-fingered hands with a large thumb claw (and smaller
claws on the other fingers). Its back legs were larger than its front legs. |
| Length |
20 centimeters to 3 meters |
| Height |
|
| Weight (mass) |
120 kg |
| Locomotion |
Bipedal |
| Food preference |
herbivore (conifers and cycads) |
| Time period |
late Triassic period (215 million years ago) |
| Type of hip |
Lizard Hipped |
| Dinosaur group |
Saurischian |
| Remains |
Ten fragmentary juvenile fossils, 4 skulls, and eggs have been found
in the El Tranquilo Formation, Santa Cruz, Argentina |
