Maiasaura
Pronounced: MY-uh-SOR-uh
🌿 Herbivore 🌺 Cretaceous
The «good mother lizard»! Paleontologists found huge nests full of baby dinosaurs.
- length
- 9 m
- weight
- 3 tons
- lived
- 80–75 million years ago
- diet
- Herbivore
Did you know?
- Mothers cared for their babies in giant nest colonies! 🥚
- Baby maiasaurs couldn't walk well right after hatching.
- Helped us learn that dinosaurs loved their families.
How huge are they?
Maiasaura is 9 m long — about 7 of you in a row!