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Ouranosaurus



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Scientific Classification
  Kingdom Animalia
  Phylum Chordata
  Class Sauropsida
  Superorder Dinosauria
  Order Ornithischia
  Suborder Cerapoda
  Infraorder Ornithopods
  Parvorder Iguanodontia
  Superfamily Hadrosauroidea
  Genus Ouranosaurus
Ouranosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived in the early Cretaceous period, about 115 to 100 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in Niger in Africa, and its name, which means "brave monitor lizard" was chosen by the French paleontologist, Philippe-Taquet in 1976.

Ouranosaurus was 23 feet (7 meters) long, and probably weighed around 4 tons.

Ouranosaurus has long thick spines on its back and tail, and for many years scientists believed that these supported a large fin (sometimes also called "sail") that was covered with skin, similar to the fin found on Spinosaurus. It was thought that this fin was probably used for temperature regulation: the animal could face it towards or away from the sun, depending on whether it needed to heat up or cool down.

Close examination of Ouranosaurus however suggests that whatever was on its back may have been quite different from the fin on Spinosaurus. In fact, many scientists now believe that the spines on Ouranosaurus back are more likely to have supported a hump (similar to a modern bison's hump) than a sail. If this was the case, the hump may perhaps have been used to store food and water (like a camel's hump).

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Ouranosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 115 to 100 million years ago

Ouranosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 115 to 100 million years ago

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Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Ouranosaurus:
  1. Ouranosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.

  2. "Ouranosaurus" means "brave lizard".

  3. Ouranosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Ouranosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.

  4. Ouranosaurus lived between about 115 million years ago and 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.

  5. Ouranosaurus lived in Africa.

  6. Ouranosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).

  7. Ouranosaurus was about 23 feet (7 meters) long.

  8. Ouranosaurus weighed about 4 tons.

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