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Anasazisaurus from New Mexico was named by Hunt and Lucas in 1993 after a field party collected the specimen in the '70s. The name is derived from the outdated native American word 'Anasazi' meaning 'Anasazi lizard'. To know more about natural history and science facts, keep reading.
The name Anasazisaurus is promuonced as 'An-ah-sah-ze-sore-us'.
The Anasazisaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaurs.
The Anasazisaurus existed on Earth during the Upper Cretaceous.
This dinosaur genus lived about 74 million years ago, and they became extinct after that.
The Anasazisaurus fossils were recovered from one of the lower members of the Kirkland Formation in New Mexico. The evidence proves that they lived around the San Juan basin of New Mexico.
The Anasazisaurus prefers to live in terrestrial habitats in New Mexico.
This information couldn't be collected.
The Anasazisaurus lived up to the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous.
It is not really possible to conclude additional information about reproduction from fossils in science and natural history.
The anatomy of this genus is not known properly since the preserved skull lacks the lower jaw, quadrate, and beak. It is known for its unique crest.
Only a partial skull has been excavated from New Mexico.
They communicated by vocalizations like other dinosaurs.
Anasazisaurus was around 24.7 ft (7.5 m) in length, which is quite smaller than the T-Rex.
In science, the speed of an animal cannot be determined from fossils.
The species weighed around 5511.6 (2500 kg).
The male and the female specimens do not have a particular name.
A baby dinosaur is called a hatchling.
They were herbivores and, therefore, less aggressive.
Jack Horner described Anasazisaurus of New Mexico as one of the Kritosaurus at first.
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