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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Leaellynasaura Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Leaellynasaura means "Leaellyn Rich's lizard" - Leaellyn is the daughter of the paleontologists who discovered this dinosaur Pronounced - Lee-ell-lin-ah-saw-rah Named By - Thomas Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich When Named - 1989 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - 6.5 to 10 feet (2-3 m) long Height - 2 ft (60 cm) tall at the hips Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Middle Cretaceous period, about 106 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, Australia. |
| FOSSILS: | Only an incomplete skeleton, teeth, and a fragmentary skull of a juvenile specimen have been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Leaellynasaura had a relatively large brain and good eyesight. Leaellynasaura lived in what is now Australia during the Cretaceous period, when Australia was within the Antarctic Circle and had long, dark winters. Leaellynasaura's large eyes would have helped it find food in this relatively dark environment. |
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