The Maiasaura may ee uh sor uh

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The Maiasaura(may ee uh sor uh)


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About Maiasauras

• Maiasaura which means good mother lizard
• Scientists have learned that Maiasauras carefully
  made nests, watched over their eggs,and cared for
  there babies until the babies were old enough to
  care for them selves

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Facts

• Found-North America
• Length-29 ft.(9m)
• Kind- Ornithischian
• Bird-hipped dinosaur
• What it eats-plants
• Last lived-85-66 million yrs. Ago
• Weight 2 tons

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More about maiasaura

• They found the first Maiasaura in 1978
• Most of all the maiasauras lived in plains,
  swamps,hills, and forests.
• the maiasaura came from the group hadrosaurids
  (had ruh sor ids )

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How tall and wide for maiasaura

• The skeleton of the adult maiasaura is about 30
  ft. (9m)long and 15ft.(4.6m)tall.
• The newly-hatched maiasaura were about 15inches
  (38cm) long and weighed about 1.5 pounds (3.3kg).

• The baby maiasaura were about 3 ft (91cm) long
  and 12in tall. (30cm)tall.

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What Maiasaura

• Scientist think the skin of the baby maiasaura
  looks like the surrounding area to help them hide
  from enemies.
• The color of the adults skin might have been in
  patterns that help them hide,attract a mate,or
  scare their enemies.