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Maiasaura is a characteristic fossil of the middle portion (lithofacies 4) of the Two Medicine Formation, dated from about 86.3 to 70.6 million years ago. [2] Maiasaura lived alongside the troodontids Stenonychosaurus and Troodon and the basal ornithopod Orodromeus, as well as the dromaeosaurid Bambiraptor and the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus. [2]
The herd leader plans to kill Heart in order to prevent him from eating anyone when he gets older, but the mother Maiasaura stops him, arguing that he is a newborn and harmless. The leader gives her the chance to leave him in the wild, but she feels guilty about abandoning Heart and decides to leave the herd and raise her children by herself.
Size compared to a human. Maip is estimated to have been around 9–10 metres (30–33 ft) long in life. As such, it may be the largest megaraptorid currently known. Members of the Megaraptoridae as a whole increased in body length following the extinction of the carcharodontosaurids in the Southern Hemisphere in the early Late Cretaceous. [4]
Skeleton of Maiasaura posed with a nest; the naming of this genus was one of numerous important developments in the Dinosaur Renaissance. Twenty years later, in 1964, another very important work would be published, this time by John H. Ostrom. It challenged the idea that hadrosaurs were semi-aquatic animals, which had been held since the work ...
A Maiasaura has been discovered in Switzerland... and it has laid an egg. The D-Team and Ursula, Zander and Ed try to get the egg, but the D-Team went there to save the egg while the Alpha Gang are so hungry, they just want to eat it and Ursula summons Terry.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 November 2024. Not to be confused with Planet Dinosaur. 2003 American TV series or program Dinosaur Planet Starring Scott D. Sampson Narrated by Christian Slater Composer Dean Grinsfelder Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 4 Production Executive producers Jean Raymond ...
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The remains of Orodromeus were discovered by Robert Makela during the excavation in Teton County, Montana, of the Egg Mountain brooding colony of a much larger relative, Maiasaura. The type species , Orodromeus makelai , was named and shortly described by Jack Horner and David B. Weishampel in 1988 .