Dravidosaurus
Dravidosaurus blandfordi
Pronounced: dray - Vid - o -
Saw - rus
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Dravidanadu
Lizard"
Length: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Time: Early Cretaceous - 140
MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in
Asia
Until the discovery of Dravidosaurus, it was thought that
all members of the stegosaur family died out before the end
of the Jurassic. The discovery of this small plant-eater in
India shows that stegosaur family members survived longer
than scientists had thought, well into the Cretaceous. Not
very much of this dinosaur has been found. However, from
what was found, it seems to be much smaller than its more
famous relative, Stegosaurus.
Recently, it has been suggested that the fossil remains of
Dravidosaurus are not really dinosaurian, but rather that of a
plesiosaur. As of this writing, however, the genus is still
considered valid. |
