Eousdryosaurus
Name:
Eousdryosaurus
(eastern Dryosaurus).
Phonetic: oos-dry-oh-sor-us.
Named By: F. Escaso, F. Ortega, P.
Dantas, E. Malafaia, B. Silva, J. M. Gasulla, P.
Mocho, I. Narvaeza & J. L. Sanz - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Dryosauroidea, Dryosauridae.
Species: E. nanohallucis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly about 1.6 meters long.
Known locations: Portugal - Alcoba�a Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Eousdryosaurus is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic. The name Eousdryosaurus means ‘eastern Dryosaurus’, a reference to how Eousdryosaurus is similar to the genus Dryosaurus, but globally lived further to the east, Eousdryosaurus in Portugal, and Dryosaurus in North America.
Further reading
- A new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from
the Late Jurassic of Portugal. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 34(5):1102-1112. - F. Escaso, F. Ortega,
P. Dantas, E. Malafaia, B. Silva, J. M. Gasulla, P.
Mocho, I. Narvaeza & J. L. Sanz - 2014.
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