Most quadrupedal dinosaurs were herbivores, walking on four legs just like many animals today. Let's take a look at some of the quadrupedal dinosaurs in this episode!
1. Rioja Dragon
The only species of the Riohalonidae family from the Late Triassic period to live in South America.
Riojasaurus is a herbivorous prosauropod dinosaur with a heavy body, large and sturdy legs, and a long neck and tail. For a prosauropod specimen, Riojasaurus has large and dense leg bones.
2. Earthquake Dragon
One of the larger herbivorous dinosaurs
Seismosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic period, from the Kimori to the Titonic stages, approximately 154 million to 144 million years ago. It had a tail slightly longer than its neck, a small head, and one toe with a claw.
3. Baloron
Almost the tallest dinosaur in North America
Balosaurus, also known as "heavy dragon," is very similar to its close relative, Diplodocus. Both have long bodies, with the highest point of their bodies at the hips when standing; however, the proportions of their necks and tails are different.
4. Nail-shaped dragon
The normal state is a fully quadrupedal state.
Kentrosaurus, also known as the nail-shaped dinosaur, is a genus of dinosaur belonging to the Stegosauridae family. It lived during the Kimori stage of the Late Jurassic period, approximately 155.7 million to 150.8 million years ago. It walked on four short, thick legs that carried its heavy body.
5. Resembles a chicken dragon
The largest bird-like dinosaur
Gallimimus is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur discovered in the Mongol Namegette Formation during the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) period. Gallimimus could reach lengths of 4-6 meters and weigh up to 440 kilograms, making it the largest ornithomimid.
6. Liang Long
One of the easiest dinosaurs to identify
Diplodocus is a genus of dinosaur belonging to the family Diplodocidae. It lived in western North America during the late Jurassic period, dating back to 150 to 147 million years ago.
7. Bewildering Dragon
One of the largest terrestrial organisms
Apatosaurs, belonging to the genus Apatosaur in the family Diplodocidae, include Apatosaurus ajax and Apatosaurus louisae. Weighing up to 30 tons, according to a newly discovered femur of a dinosaur in Argentina, they were 4-5.5 meters tall and about 35 meters long.
8. Curved Dragon
It can walk on all fours or on two feet.
The wrathful dragon was enormous and very similar to the iguanodon, with a small skull, short forelimbs, and long hind limbs, enabling it to walk on all fours. It spent most of its time on all fours, eating low-lying plants, but it could also stand upright on its hind legs to eat high-lying plants or escape predators.
