#atlascopcosaurus

The Ornithopods!

This group can also be called the Hadrosaurs, but that's a group within the ornithopods, and some of the members of this line up don't fit into that box.

Lurdusaurus - Hypsilophodon - Olorotitan

Lambeosaurus - Edmontosaurus / Anatotitan - Iguanodon

Zalmoxes - Corythosaurus - Parasaurolophus

Atlascopcosaurus - Shantungosaurus - Maiasaura

Muttaburrasaurus - Altirhinus

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I Know Dino Podcast Episode 225: We interview @astrophocaudia about dinosaur teeth and growth. We also feature dinosaur of the day Atlascopcosaurus and the two brand new ornithopods that were just named: Galleonosaurus and Convolosaurus

Episode 225 is all about Atlascopcosaurus, an Early Cretaceous iguanodont from southern Australia.

We also interview Michael D’Emic, Assistant Professor of Biology at Adelphi University. He has studied dinosaur body size evolution, bone tissues, and teeth. We discuss the crazy number of teeth that Majungasaurus grew, Allosaurus growth variation, why some Titanosaurs had osteoderms, and a lot…

My Mesozoic is Teal!

Zuul crurivastitor - Plesiosaurus - Ampelosaurus

Xiphactinus - Saurophaganax - Morganucodon

Dakotaraptor - Pterodaustro - Atlascopcosaurus

Ichthyovenator - Oviraptor - Rugops

By Jack Wood on @thewoodparable

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Name: Atlascopcosaurus loadsi

Name Meaning: Atlas Copco Reptile

First Described: 1989

Described By: Rich & Vickers-Rich

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Gondwanan Clade

Our first Ornithopod! My favorite group of dinosaurs! Atlascopcosaurus was an Ornithopod from Dinosaur Cove East, Eumeralla Formation in Victoria, Australia, dating to the Aptian to Albian ages of the Early Cretaceous, about 114 million years ago. It was about two to three meters long, known from part of the upper jaw and teeth, which is unfortunate, as it makes it a relatively fragmentary and poorly known dinosaur. It would have been a basal Ornithopod, the group of dinosaurs more closely related to Hadrosaurs than to Ceratopsians. It may have belonged to a group known as the Gondwanan Clade, a cluster of Iguanodonts that were once thought to be more earlier derived Ornithopods.

Source: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlascopcosaurus