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.
