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Dryosauridae
Temporal range: Middle JurassicLower Cretaceous, 163–115 mya
Dryosaurus lettowvorbecki skeleton.jpg
Dysalotosaurus – reconstructed skeleton in the Museum of Natural History in Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde)
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Dryosauridae

Dryosaurids were primitive iguanodonts from the Middle Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous. They are found in what is now Africa, Europe, and North America.

There are 11 genera, of which Dryosaurus is the best known.

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