NANOSAURUS
NANOTYRANNUS
NANSHIUNGOSAURUS
NEMEGTOSAURUS
NEUQUENSAURUS
NIPPONOSAURUS
NOASAURUS
NODOSAURUS
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NANOSAURUS
Pronunciation: NAN-uh-SAWR-us 
Translation: Dwarf Lizard
Also Known As:
Description: Herbivore, Bipedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Family: Hypsilophodontidae
Height: 1.6 feet (0.5 meters)
Length: 4 feet (1.2 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Jurassic
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Notes: Found in Utah and Colorado, Nanosaurus is a small
ornithopod of the hypsilophodont family.
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NANOTYRANNUS
Pronunciation: NAN-uh-tye-RAN-us
Translation: Dwarf Tyrant
Also known as:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae
Micro-order: Carnosauria
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Height:
Length:
Weight: 1,000 pounds (450 kg)
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Nanotyrannus is known from a single, small, 22-inch (572-mm)
well-preserved skull. It is either the smallest known tyrannosaurid or a
juvenile Tyrannosaurus.
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NANSHIUNGOSAURUS
Pronunciation: nan-shee-UNG-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Nanshiung Lizard
Also Known As:
Description: Herbivore, Bipedal?
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder:
Family: Therizinosauridae
Height:
Length: 13 feet (4 meters)
Weight:
Period:
Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Nanshiungosaurus is known only from fragmentary remains.
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NEMEGTOSAURUS
Pronunciation: NEH-meg-tuh-SAWR-us
Translation: Nemegt Lizard
(for Nemegt rock beds)
Also Known As:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Diplodocidae
Height: 23 feet (7 meters)
Length: 70 feet (21.3 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Found in Mongolia, Nemegtosaurus is related to Diplodocus.
It was a long-necked beast and probably cropped the tops of tall trees.
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NEUQUENSAURUS
Pronunciation: NOO-kwen-SAWR-us
Translation: Neuquen Lizard
Also known as:
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Titanosauridae
Height:
Length:
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Like many titanosaurids, Neuquensaurus' back was
embedded with bony armor plates in the shape of ovals.
Neuquensaurus prove to be a species of Saltasaurus.
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NIPPONOSAURUS
Pronunciation: nip-on-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Japanese Lizard
Also Known As:
Description: Herbivore, Bipedal, Semi-Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Infraorder: Iguanodontia
Family: Hadrosauridae
Height: 14 feet (4.3 meters)
Length: 25 feet (7.6 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Nipponosaurus is known from fragmentary remains
discovered in Japan. This small hadrosaur had a small dome-like
crest on its head and may be the same genus as Jaxartosaurus.
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NOASAURUS
Pronunciation: NO-uh-SAWR-us
Translation: Northwestern Argentina Lizard
Also Known As:
Description: Carnivore, Bipedal
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Tetanurae
Micro-order: Coelurosauria
Family: Noasauridae
Height: 3 feet (0.9 meters)
Length: 7 feet (2.1 meters)
Weight:
Period: Late Cretaceous
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Notes: Discovered in northwest Argentina, this lightly-built
predator had feet with sickle-like claws that could be raised
like those of a dromaeosaurid, but by a unique retractor tendon.
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NODOSAURUS
Pronunciation: no-doe-SAWR-us
Translation: Toothless Lizard, Node Lizard, or Knob Lizard
Also Known As: Hierosaurus, Stegopelta
Description: Herbivore, Quadrupedal
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Infraorder: Ankylosauria
Family: Nodosauridae
Height: 6 feet (1.8 meters)
Length: 16 feet (4.9 meters)
Weight: 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg)
Period: Early Cretaceous
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Notes: Nodosaurus has been found in Texas, Kansas and
Wyoming. Nodosaurus was completely armored with shell-like,
knobby plates. Its tail, unlike that of an ankylosaur, was without
a club. It is thought that when it was threatened, Nodosaurus
would hug the ground, presenting the predator with nothing
but bony armor.
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