HETERODONTOSAURUS

 Anatomy:                                                                         

Ø  small, lightly-built dinosaur

Ø  three different kinds of teeth(specialized for biting, grinding, and tearing)

Ø  Long and stiff tail

Ø  Small and primitive dinosaur

Ø  large eyes above a short face

Ø  an odd assortment of teeth

Ø  turkey- sized dinosaur

 Size:                                                                                    

	size
Length		50 inches (1.3 m)
Height		20 inches (50 cm)
weight		42 pounds (19 kg)

 Meaning and pronunciation:                                        

	HETERODONTOSAURUS
Meaning		Different-tooth Lizard
pronounced		het-er-uh-DON-tuh-SAWR-us

 Diet:                                                                                  

	DIET
CARNIVORE
HERBIVORE		***
cycads, ferns, horsetails, conifers, and other primitive plants

 Intelligence                                                                     

intelligence
Very high
High
Mid	***
low
Very low

 Locomotion:                                                                     

	Biped	Quadruped
Running	***
Walking	***

 Period of life:                                                                    

ERA	PERIOD	EPOCH	MILLIONS YEARS  AGO
Mesozoic	Triassic	Late Triassic to early Jurassic	115-91

 Discovery of fossil:                                                           

Its fossils have been found in South Africa.

 Classification:                                                                   

	classification
FAMILY		Heterodontosauridae
INFRAORDER
SUBORDER		Ornithopoda
ORDER		Ornithischia