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Ammosaurus
"Sandy Ground Lizard"

Type of Species: major
Classification
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Prosauropoda
Family: Plateosauridae
Size: 14 feet (4 meters) long,
Period: Early Jurassic, 198-187 MYA
Place: Connecticut, Arizona, ?Nova Scotia,
Diet: Herbivore

Ammosaurus was a medium sized member of the prosauropod family. They had small heads, long necks, and large bodies. All we have now of this dinosaur are incomplete remains, three vertebrae, some hip bones, and both hind limbs, of a few specimens of varying sizes.