Top 10 phytophagous dinosaurs

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Mamenchisaurus

Long cervical region (17-19 cervical vertebrae) with relatively long cervical ribs and dagger-like anterior margin of cervical ribs; longest 1 cervical vertebra is 3.5-3.7 times the average length of single dorsal vertebra; both cervical and dorsal vertebrae are posteriorly concave; recommended vertebrae consist of 4-6 healed vertebrae, with the neural spines of the recommended vertebrae healed together


Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus was giant herbivorous dinosaur, an herbivore that lived in the late Jurassic period, with row of huge bony plates on its back and dangerous tail with four spikes to defend against predators, about 7-9 meters long, 2.35 to 3.5 meters tall, and 2 to 4 tons heavy.


Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus is an ancient dinosaur of the Triassic period, living in 222 million years ~ 200 million years ago, it is the first giant dinosaur to appear on Earth. It is an ancient dinosaur that lived 210 million years ago in the Late Triassic. With body length of 6-8 meters, height of 3.6 meters and weight of about 5 tons, it is the first giant dinosaur to live on the earth by eating plants. 


Triceratops

Triceratops is genus of herbivorous dinosaurs in the family Ornithischidae , fossils found in the Late Cretaceous Late Maastricht Terraces in North America, about 68 million years ago to 65 million years ago , one of the latest dinosaurs to appear. Triceratops was medium-sized quadruped dinosaur with total length of 7–9 meters, height of 2.4–2.8 metres, and weight of 5–10 tons.


Diplodocus

One of the most easily identified dinosaurs, Leontosaurus had a huge body,long neck and tail, and strong limbs. It was huge dinosaur, 27 metres long, with neck of 7.5 metres and tail of 13 to 14 metres.


Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus lived in the Jurassic period about 150 million years ago. They were characterised by thick, long neck and thin, long tail. They were one of the large creatures that existed on land, weighing up to 50-55 tonnes.


Ankylosaurus

The Aetosaurus fossils were found in strata in western North America and date to between 68 and 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous. It is approximately 6.25 metres long, 1.5 metres wide and 1.7 metres high.


Huayangosaurus

Huayangosaurus is nearly 4 metres long and weighs between 1 and 4 tons. The body size is much smaller than that of the genus Stegosaurus. It had bony plates or spines from head to tail. On its head there are two rows of heart-shaped bony sclerites and pair of sharp bony spines, each 1-5 metres long, starting at the shoulder area. Its bony plates begin to taper at the pelvic bone and extend to the middle of the tail, at the end of which there are four protruding sharp bony spines.


Riojasaurus

Riojasaurus had heavy body, large, sturdy legs, and long neck and tail. The forelimbs and hindlimbs were similar in length and they probably walked on all fours.


Camptosaurus

The body is large and closely resembles that of avian dragon, with small skull, short forelimbs and long hindlimbs, and can walk on all fours. It had large, pointed, beak-like mouth and no incisors, but had many day teeth on both cheeks. The forelimbs of the Camptosaurus had long, prominent finger claws to aid in feeding.