Maiasaura

Maiasaura,
Name means 'good mother lizard'. Nests
have been found with trampled egg shells
and the bodies of  young dinosaurs about
30 cm long. Maiasaura laid up to 25 eggs
in a dug-out nest, lined with rotting vegetation
to keep them warm. Young were fed berries,
seeds and leaves until old enough to look after
themselves.They walked on two or four legs.
Maiasaura were bird hipped, typical of Dinosaurs.

Where Found,
North America

Size,
Length 9 meters
Height 2-2.5 meters
Weight 2000-3000 kg

Diet,
Herbivore

Lived,
Cretaceous, 80-75 million years ago.

Dinosaur Group,
ornithopod

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