Emausaurus

Em-oe-sor-us.
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John Stewart

Paleoecologist

John Stewart is a distinguished paleoecologist whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of prehistoric ecosystems. With over two decades dedicated to unearthing fossils across Asia and Africa

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Name

Emausaurus ‭(‬Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universit�t lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Em-oe-sor-us.

Named By

H.‭ ‬Haubold‭ ‬-‭ ‬1990.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Thyreophora.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬ernsti‭

Size

Roughly estimated at about‭ ‬2.5‭ ‬meters long for the holotype,‭ ‬though this is of a juvenile.‭ ‬Adult size possible as much as‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Germany.

Time Period

Toarcian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Mostly from a skull and some osteoderms.

In Depth

       Emausaurus is a primitive genus of thyreophoran dinosaur that lived in Europe during the early Jurassic.‭ ‬Emausaurus was first described by a description of the skull,‭ ‬though osteoderms‭ (‬bony plates that were in the skin‭) ‬are also known.‭ ‬Emausaurus seems to have been a small to mid-sized dinosaur that would have relied upon the bony plates in the skin to form a last line of defence against the teeth and claws of predatory dinosaurs.

       Emausaurus was named after the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald,‭ ‬and combined with the Ancient Greek‭ ‘‬sauros‭’ ‬which means‭ ‘‬lizard‭’‬.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Ein neuer Dinosaurier‭ (‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Thyreophora‭) ‬aus dem unteren Jura des n�rdlichen Mitteleuropa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Revue de Pal�obiologie‭ ‬9‭(‬1‭)‬:149-177.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Haubold‭ ‬-‭ ‬1990.

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