Nipponosaurus

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Nipponosaurus Timeline:

Nipponosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 89 to 84 million years ago

Related Information & Resources

• Asian Dinosaurs - Nipponosaurus lived in eastern Asia.
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Nipponosaurus lived between about 89 million years ago and 84 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• Nipponosaurus Pictures
  
  
• Ornithischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Ornithopods

Nipponosaurus Facts

1. Nipponosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Nipponosaurus" means "Japanese lizard"
   
   
3. Nipponosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Nipponosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Nipponosaurus was a Hadrosaur (usually known as "duck-billed dinosaur") - a member of a group of related herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs that were very successful in the Cretaceous period.
   
   
5. Nipponosaurus lived between about 89 million years ago and 84 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Nipponosaurus lived in eastern Asia.
   
   
7. Nipponosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
   
   
8. Nipponosaurus was about 25 feet (7.6 meters) long.

Nipponosaurus Books

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