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Dinosaurs · K-12

Herbivorous Dinosaurs

Well-known herbivorous dinosaur species matched with their feeding style and one identifying feature each, one species per card.

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Triceratops
Browsed low plants with its beak. Distinctive feature: three horns and large bony frill on its head.
Brachiosaurus
Fed on high tree leaves with its long neck. Distinctive feature: front legs much longer than hind legs, like a giraffe.
Stegosaurus
Ate low-level ferns and cycads. Distinctive feature: two rows of large bony plates running down its back and spikes on its tail.
Ankylosaurus
Ate ground-level plants close to the soil. Distinctive feature: entire body covered in thick protective bony plates and a club-like tail.
Parasaurolophus
Fed on ferns and cycads at ground level. Distinctive feature: long curved crest extending backward from the top of its head.
Edmontosaurus
Ate ferns and low vegetation using thousands of small grinding teeth. Distinctive feature: duck-billed hadrosaur with no crest on its head.
Iguanodon
Ate low vegetation and tough plants with its hard beak. Distinctive feature: could walk on either hind legs alone or on all four legs, with a spike on each thumb.
Diplodocus
Fed on high tree leaves and branches with its long neck. Distinctive feature: extremely long whip-like tail used for balance and communication.
Apatosaurus
Fed on high tree leaves and branches. Distinctive feature: one of the largest land animals ever and was formerly called Brontosaurus.
Camarasaurus
Fed on high trees with a moderately long neck. Distinctive feature: smaller sauropod compared to giants like Diplodocus and Apatosaurus.
Argentinosaurus
Fed on high trees with a long neck. Distinctive feature: one of the largest land animals to have ever lived, possibly up to 100 feet long.
Maiasaura
Ate ferns and other low-level plants. Distinctive feature: known as the caring mother dinosaur because fossils show parents stayed to protect their young in nests.
Thescelosaurus
Ate low plants and possibly small insects and lizards. Distinctive feature: small and agile dinosaur, much smaller than the massive sauropods.
Shunosaurus
Fed on high tree leaves with a moderately long neck. Distinctive feature: had a club-like bony structure on the end of its tail for defense.
Hypsilophodon
Ate ferns and other low-level plants. Distinctive feature: small and fast-moving dinosaur with special foot structure suggesting possible ability to climb trees.

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