Centrosaurus

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Centrosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 75 to 70 million years ago

Related Information & Resources

• Centrosaurus Pictures
  
  
• Ceratopsian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Centrosaurus lived between about 75 million years ago and 70 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• Marginocephalia Dinosaurs
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Centrosaurus lived in North America.
  
  
• Ornithischian Dinosaurs

Centrosaurus Facts

1. Centrosaurus was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Centrosaurus" means "prickle lizard" (after the small hornlets on the neck frill, and not the horn on the animal's snout). This name was chosen by Lawrence Lambe in 1903.
   
   
3. Centrosaurus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Centrosaurus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Centrosaurus was a Ceratopsian - a member of a group of related herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs with beaks, many of which had neck frills and horns as well.
   
   
5. Centrosaurus lived between about 75 million years ago and 70 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Centrosaurus lived in North America.
   
   
7. Centrosaurus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
   
   
8. Centrosaurus was about 20 feet (6.1 meters) long.

Centrosaurus Books

Centrosaurus: and Other Dinosaurs of Cold Places (Dinosaur Find) By Dougal Dixon Picture Window Books Library Binding (24 pages; 1) List Price: $22.60* Lowest New Price: $17.20* Lowest Used Price: $2.05* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:36 Pacific 9 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here

A Moment In Time With Centrosaurus (A Moment In Time) By Philip J Currie & Philip J. Currie Red Deer Press Hardcover (56 pages; 1) List Price: $12.95* Lowest New Price: $43.74* Lowest Used Price: $2.89* *(As of 07:36 Pacific 9 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Imagine visiting the late Cretaceous period of history. Thousands of two and three tonne centrosaurs are starting their northern migration. What an awesome spectacle these huge herds must have been. A Moment In Time With Centrosaurus is the third book of a series which focuses on the scientific facts known about specific prehistoric animals.

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