Lexoviosaurus
Lexoviosaurus durobrivensis
Pronounced:
lex-Ovy-o-Saw-rus
Diet:
herbivore
(plant-eater)
Name Means:
"Speech Lizard"
Length:
17 ft. (5
meters)
Height:
6 ft. (2 meters)
Weight:
1,000 pounds
(450 kilos)
Time:
Middle Jurassic
-160 mya
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Europe
Lexovisaurus
is a
rare
discovery,
a
European
stegosaur
family
member.
It was
pretty
similar
to some
of the
early
members
of this
family,
such as
Kentrosaurus
and it
is a
good
example
of how
representatives
of most
of the
major
dinosaur
families
were
found
all over
the
world.
These
animals
would
have
played
an
important
role in
the
Middle
Jurassic
European
ecosystems,
as they
would
have
eaten
vast
amounts
of
low-growing
plants.
The unusual
thinness of the
plates discovered
with this dinosaur
support the belief
that they would have
been used for
regulating body
temperature or for
display, not for
defense as was
previously believed. |
