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Masiakasaurus

author: Walter B.Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din03-00552

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 31 cm

Small predatory theropod dinosaurs of the genus Masiakasaurus explore a forest of cypress, ferns and horsetails 70 million years ago in what is today Madagascar.Masiakasaurus was a small-bodied carnivore that grew to about six feet long and weighed up to 200 pounds. Its front teeth were projected forward, giving it a buck toothed appearance, an adaptation that is believed to have aided it in catching fish and other small prey.

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2013 - ANIMAL - CRETACEOUS - DINOSAUR - EARTH - FAUNA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MASIAKASAURUS - MESOZOIC - POSTER - THEROPOD -