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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Scutellosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Scutellosaurus means "little shield lizard" Pronounced - skoo-TEL-o-SAWR-us Named By - Edwin H. Colbert When Named - 1981 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 4 ft (1.2 m) long Height - 18 inches (46 cm) tall at the hips Weight - 22 pounds (10 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Early Jurassic period, about 208-200 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Arizona, USA, North America. |
| FOSSILS: | Two partial skeletons have been found, including hundreds of scutes (bony plates of armor). |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Scutellosaurus had hundreds of small bony armored plates (six different types of scutes) running along its back and tail. It had a long tail and a long body. Its thin hind legs were much longer than the front legs. It was a semi-bipedal animal: it could walk on two or four legs. |
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