Anatomy:
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Small and lightly built
Ø
Light and hollow bones
Ø
long head
Ø
dozens of small and sharp teeth
Ø
five
fingers on its grasping hands
Size:
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size |
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Length |
3 feet
(1 m) |
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Height |
1 feet
(30 cm) |
|
weight |
8 pounds (3.6 kg) |
Meaning and pronunciation:
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Eoraptor |
|
|
Meaning |
Dawn
plunderer |
|
pronounced |
EE-oh-RAP-tor |
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|
|
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Diet:
|
|
DIET |
|
|
CARNIVORE |
*** |
|
HERBIVORE |
|
|
variety of small animals |
Behavior:
|
Traveling
|
In
herds |
|
Offspring |
Hatchling |
|
Lifespan |
In
order of 100 years |
Locomotion:
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|
Biped |
Quadruped |
|
Running |
|
|
|
Walking |
*** |
|
Period of life:
|
ERA |
PERIOD |
EPOCH |
MILLIONS YEARS AGO |
|
Mesozoic |
Triassic
|
LATE |
228
|
Discovery of fossil:
Its fossils have been found in the
Ischigualasto Formation, Valley of the Moon, Ischigualsto-Villa
Union Basin, in northwestern Argentina, South America.
Classification:
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classification |
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FAMILY |
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INFRAORDER |
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SUBORDER |
Theropoda |
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ORDER |
Saurischia |
