Ammosaurus
Ammosaurus was a long-necked dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic, about 195 to 180 million years ago. It was a plant-eater that probably walked on all fours but could stand on its hind legs to reach high plants. Fossils of this dinosaur have been found in the USA and Canada.12
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Datos curiosos
Ammosaurus was once called Yaleosaurus, named after the famous Yale University.4
Some scientists think Ammosaurus might actually be the same dinosaur as Anchisaurus, just a larger individual.2
Fossils of Ammosaurus were found in a bridge abutment in Connecticut, USA, when the bridge was demolished in 1969.2
Ammosaurus lived in a dry environment with strong wet and dry seasons, like a desert today.2
Its spoon-shaped teeth were perfect for ripping plants, and it had fewer teeth than many other prosauropods.2

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Ammosaurus
?What did Ammosaurus eat?
Ammosaurus was mainly a plant-eater, but it might have eaten small animals sometimes. It swallowed stones called gastroliths to help grind up food in its stomach.21
?When did Ammosaurus live?
Ammosaurus lived during the Early Jurassic Period, about 200 to 185 million years ago.12
?Where was Ammosaurus found?
Fossils of Ammosaurus have been found in the USA and Canada, including in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Nova Scotia.21
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Ammosaurus
- Bautizado por
- Marsh 18914
- Grupo
- Pescozos longos
- Familia / clado
- Anchisauridae4
- Clasificación
- Sauropodomorpha4
- Idade das rochas
- de 201 a 200 millóns de anos (Hettangian)4
- Formacións rochosas
- McCoy Brook4
- Países
- Canadá4
- Rexistros fósiles
- 3 na Paleobiology Database4
- Tamén coñecido como
- Yaleosaurus (nomes antigos que agora contan como o mesmo animal)4
- Descubrimento
- Ammosaurus was named by famous paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1891. The first fossils were found in a well in East Windsor, Connecticut, in 1818, but were not recognized as dinosaur bones until much later.24
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists still debate whether Ammosaurus is a separate species or just a larger version of Anchisaurus.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Ammosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Anchisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A revision of the problematic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from Manchester, Connecticut and the status of Anchisaurus Marsh (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- Ammosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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