Chilesaurus

Late Jurassic (150 Ma)HerbivoreTheropoda

PeriodLate Jurassic (150 Ma)

DietHerbivore

Length3.2 m

Weight300 kg

LocationChile

ClassificationTheropoda

About Chilesaurus

A plant eating theropod nicknamed the platypus of dinosaurs. Mixed traits of many groups: a ceratopsian like beak, sauropod like teeth, tyrannosaur like arms and an ornithischian like pelvis. Its 2015 description baffled paleontologists. Proof that evolution can assemble strange combinations from separate lineages.

Size

3.2 m longArgentinosaurus: 35 m

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