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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Jaxartosaurus Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Jaxartosaurus means "Jaxartes Lizard," named for the Jaxartes river in Kazakhstan Pronounced - jax-SAHR-toh-SAWR-us Named By - Riabinin When Named - 1934 |
| DIET: | Herbivore (plant-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - Roughly 30 feet (9 m) long Height - ? Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, about 91-83 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found near the Jaxartes River in the Aral Mountains of Kazakhstan, Asia. |
| FOSSILS: | Only the skull roof and braincase have been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Jaxartosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that had massive, flat-topped cheek teeth. Very little is known about this genus of dinosaur. |
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