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| More Dinosaur Fact Sheets | EnchantedLearning.com Ricardoestesia Fact Sheet |
Dinosaur/Paleontology Dictionary |
| NAME: | Meaning - Ricardoestesia means "Richard Estes' one" - it was named for Richard Estes(1932-1990), an American vertebrate paleontologist who wrote an important paper on theropod teeth in 1964. Pronounced - ri-KARD-o-es-TEE-ze-a Named By - Phillip Currie, Rigby, and Sloan When Named - 1990 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) |
| SIZE: | Length - very roughly 6.5 ft (2 m) long Height - ? Weight - ? |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Cretaceous period, roughly 72-65 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, Texas, and perhaps Wyoming, North America. |
| FOSSILS: | This dinosaur is known from only serrated teeth. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Very little is known about Ricardoestesia, since so far, only its teeth have been found. |
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