plateosaurus

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plat·e·o·saur·us

 (plăt′ē-ō-sôr′əs)
n.
A large herbivorous prosauropod dinosaur of the genus Plateosaurus of the Triassic Period, having a long neck and tail and a small head with leaf-shaped teeth.

[New Latin, genus name : Greek platus, plate-, wide, broad, flat (from the broad, robust nature of the bones of the type specimen ); see plat- in Indo-European roots + Greek sauros, lizard.]
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The show includes the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the terror of the ancient terrain, as well as the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period, the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the awesome Cretaceous period.
There was the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period, the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the Cretaceous era.
As well as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, families can see just how huge the likes of the Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and Plateosaurus were, with the largest creature in the show, the Brachiosaurus, standing 11 metres tall and 17 metres from nose to tail.
200 million Plateosaurus years ago Jurassic The large, meat-eating Many new types of 200 million to Allosourus; Stegosaurus, a dinos appeared, as 146 million plant eater known for the did the first birds.
Ten species (17 dinosaurs) are represented from the creatures' entire 200,000,000-year reign, including Tyrannosaurus rex, the terror of the ancient terrain, as well as the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period, the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period, and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the Cretaceous period.
Plateosaurus and Archaeopteryx anchored the first two books, published in 2008.
The cast of dinosaurs thundering around tonight includes the Allosaurus, Torosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Li liensternus, Plateosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Velociraptors and, of course, the mighty and terrifying T-Rex.
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