Dinosaur
Lurdusaurus
Its body was broad and deep, with its belly fairly close to the ground.
Lurdusaurus had an unusual combination: a small head, a long neck, and a very wide torso.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
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Lurdusaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Iguanodontia
- Iguanodontians
- Fossil locations
- Niger
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Lurdusaurus
Its anatomy was unusual for an iguanodontian: small head, long neck and rounded torso. It had strong forelimbs and an especially large thumb spike.
Its torso was broad and deep, with the belly fairly close to the ground. Strong arms and a large thumb spike completed that build. Comparing it with other iguanodontians shows how varied close relatives could look.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Lurdusaurus arenatus
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- Lurdusaurus
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- Iguanodontia
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