Masiakasaurus
Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Pronounced:
ma - Zii - uh - kuh - Sore -
us
Diet:
Carnivore (Meat-eater)
Name Means:
"Vicious Lizard"
Length:
7 ft.(2 meters)
Height:
3 ft.(1 meters)
Weight:
unknown
Time:
Late Cretaceous - 67 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Africa
Masiakasaurus was
a very strange
looking dinosaur.
Its front teeth
stuck almost
straight out from
the front of its
mouth. This feature
was present on some
flying reptiles, but
it has never been
found on a dinosaur.
Discovered by a team of
scientists working in
Madagascar, scientists think
that it may have eaten a lot of
fish, as the teeth could have
been used to spear them in
shallow water.
Masiakasaurus knopfleri was
named after Dire Straits
guitarist Mark Knopfler, whose
music inspired the field team. |
