Abydosaurus Dinosaur is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. It was discovered in the early 1990s, and only a single species, Abydosaurus mcintoshi, has been named. The fossils of Abydosaurus were found in the Cloverly Formation of Wyoming, and the genus is believed to have lived in the Western Interior Seaway during the late Campanian stage, around 80 million years ago.
Abydosaurus is a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of North America. It is an iguanodontid ornithopod, a member of the larger group of dinosaurs known as Ornithopoda. Abydosaurus is known from several partial skeletons found in the early Cretaceous rocks of North America. The genus Abydosaurus was named in 1988 by paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter. The type species is Abydosaurus mcintoshi, which is named after the late paleontologist R.T. McIntosh.
It was measuring around 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) in length and weighing around 50 kilograms (110 pounds). It had a long neck, a long tail, and four short, stumpy legs. It had a single row of bony plates running down the middle of its back, with a large and distinctive bony crest at the back of its head. The teeth of Abydosaurus were adapted for a herbivorous diet, with the front teeth being sharp for nipping off vegetation, and the back teeth being molar like for grinding and pulverizing plant material. The jaws of Abydosaurus were relatively weak, suggesting that it fed on softer plant material, such as ferns and other soft vegetation. Abydosaurus was a bipedal dinosaur, and is thought to have walked in a sprawled-limb posture, with its feet splayed out wide and its limbs held close to its body. This is a common posture among ornithopods, and is thought to have been an adaptation to allow them to move quickly and efficiently through dense vegetation.
| Name: | Abydosaurus dinosaurs |
| Size: | Around 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) in length and weighing around 50 kilograms (110 pounds). |
| Main Facts: | Abydosaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period, about 130 to 125 million years ago. It lived in what is now the lower Gulf of Mexico region of North America. It had a long neck and tail, and walked on four legs. Its most distinctive feature was its small head, which was about the same size as its torso. |
| Name: | The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs |
| Author: | Phillip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, and John R. Horner. |
| Publication: | 1997 |
Abydosaurus was a sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period about 125 million years ago.
It was first discovered in 1996 in the Abydos Formation in Egypt.
Abydosaurus was one of the smallest sauropod dinosaurs and was only about 10 feet long.
It had a short neck and a very robust body with short legs and a small head.
Its teeth were designed for a herbivorous diet and were spaced widely apart.
Scientists think that Abydosaurus may have been able to move quickly on land, due to its short legs and light body.
It is believed that Abydosaurus lived in a semi-arid environment, which was similar to today's Sahara Desert.
The fossil remains of Abydosaurus have been found in the same area as other dinosaurs, including the iconic Spinosaurus.
Abydosaurus is an extinct genus of Early Cretaceous stegosaurid dinosaur from the Abydos Formation of Egypt. It is known from a single, partial skeleton, including a skull, discovered in 1995. Abydosaurus was a medium-sized stegosaurid, estimated to have been around 5–6 meters (16.4–19.7 feet) long. It is characterized by its narrow skull, the presence of a large nasal horn, and its long, low, bony body armor. Abydosaurus was a close relative of the North American Stegosaurus and may have been closely related to Kentrosaurus. Its skull was very similar to that of Stegosaurus, though its body armor was more similar to that of Kentrosaurus.
