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Maiasaura

Maiasaura
Photo: Meridas (Vladimír Socha), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Maiasaura
Continent
North America
Group
Ornithopod
Period
Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
Medium (3–9 m)
Moves
On two legs, On four legs
Feature
Crest
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Medium

Did you know?

  • Its name means good mother lizard, because Jack Horner found it with nests, eggs and babies.
  • Maiasaura is the official state fossil of Montana in the USA.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q132414 · All prehistoric life · All entries