Dysalotosaurus
Dysalotosaurus was a small plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur that lived in forests around 150 million years ago.
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| D. lettowvorbecki skeleton in Berlin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Family: | Dryosauridae |
| Genus: | Dysalotosaurus Virchow, 1919 |
| Species: | D. lettowvorbecki
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| Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki Virchow, 1919
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Classification
Dysalotosaurus is a member of the family, the Dryosauridae, which were precursors (ancestors) of the Iguanodons, and lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous.[1]
Dysalotosaurus Media
Illustration of Dysalotosaurus
Dryosaurus lettowvorbecki (syn. Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki) – reconstructed skeleton. The exhibit from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde)
References
- ↑ Tom R. Hübner & Oliver W. M. Rauhut (2010). "A juvenile skull of Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia), and implications for cranial ontogeny, phylogeny, and taxonomy in ornithopod dinosaurs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (2): 366–396. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00620.x.