Name
Convolosaurus (flocking lizard).
Phonetic
Con-vo-lo-sor-us.
Named By
K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A. Winkler & L. L. Jacobs - 2019.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
C. marri
Size
Between 2.5 and 3 meters long for the holotype individual, but this was not fully grown. Full adult size likely larger.
Known locations
USA, Texas - Twin Mountains Formation.
Time Period
Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Skulls and partial post cranial remains of many individuals including subadults and juveniles.
Convolosaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during the early Cretaceous. At the time of writing Convolosaurus is known mostly from subadult and juvenile individuals.
- A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas. - PLoS One 14(3):e0207935:1-44. - K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A. Winkler & L. L. Jacobs - 2019.
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