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Parksosaurus

Name means: “William Parks's lizard”1

Ate: PlantsBeaked plant-eatersLate Cretaceous

Parksosaurus was a small, speedy plant-eater that ran on two legs. It lived near rivers in what is now Canada, about 70 million years ago.1

Lived

72 to 66 million years ago3

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Alberta, Canada3 1

Food

Plants1 2

Length

2 to 2.5 m1

estimate

Weight

45 kg to 70 kg1 2

Height

1 m1

at the hips

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How tall was it?

at the hips

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 2.5 big dogs

as long as 2.5 dogs nose to tailas long as 14 bananas end to endas heavy as 14 watermelonsup to the handle of a door

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Fun facts

Parksosaurus had a longer shin bone than thigh bone, which helped it run fast.1

Its long toes may have helped it walk on muddy ground near rivers.1

Parksosaurus had strong arms that scientists think it might have used for digging burrows.1

It lived alongside the big meat-eater Albertosaurus and the duck-billed dinosaur Saurolophus.1

Only one partial skeleton of Parksosaurus has been found, including a skull missing the beak.1

The first fossil was discovered in 1922 near the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada.1

AI-made picture of Parksosaurus — An AI-made picture of how Parksosaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Parksosaurus

?How big was Parksosaurus?

It was about 2.5 meters long and weighed around 45 kilograms.1

?What did Parksosaurus eat?

Parksosaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.1 2

?When did Parksosaurus live?

Parksosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago.1 2

?Where was Parksosaurus found?

Its fossils were found in Alberta, Canada, in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation.1 3

?Could Parksosaurus run fast?

Yes, it was a speedy bipedal dinosaur with a longer shin than thigh, which helped it run quickly.1

?Did Parksosaurus have feathers?

The sources do not mention feathers on Parksosaurus, so it is not known if it had them.1

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Scientific name: Parksosaurus
Named by: Sternberg 19373
Group: Beaked plant-eaters
Family / clade: Thescelosauridae3
Classification: Ornithischia3
Age of the rocks: 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)3
Rock formations: Horseshoe Canyon3
Countries: Canada3
Fossil records: 3 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: William Parks first described the fossil in 1926 as a species of Thescelosaurus. Charles M. Sternberg gave it its own genus name Parksosaurus in 1937.1
Still debated: Scientists are not sure how many teeth Parksosaurus had in the upper front part of its mouth.1

Where the facts come from

Parksosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Parksosaurus Fact Sheet (enchantedlearning.com)
Parksosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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