Adasaurus

Adasaurus Timeline:

Adasaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived from 74 to 65 million years ago

Related Information & Resources

• Asian Dinosaurs - Adasaurus lived in Mongolia.
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Adasaurus lived between about 74 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Extinction - Adasaurus died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• Saurischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Theropod Dinosaurs

Adasaurus Facts

1. Adasaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Adasaurus" means "Ada's lizard" "Ada" refers to an evil spirit of Mongolian mythology.
   
   
3. Adasaurus was a member of the Saurischia ("lizard-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Adasaurus was not closely related to lizards, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Adasaurus was a Theropod - a member of a group of related bipedal dinosaurs that included the ancestors of birds (although Adasaurus was not itself an ancestor of birds).
   
   
5. Adasaurus lived between about 74 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Adasaurus was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
   
   
7. Adasaurus lived in Mongolia.
   
   
8. Adasaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater).
   
   
9. Adasaurus was about 6 to 8 feet (2 to 2.5 meters) long.
   
   
10. Adasaurus weighed about 33 pounds (15 kilograms).

Adasaurus Books

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