Calvarius
Field photograph to come
Calvarius
DV-1201 · type species Calvarius rapidus
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Prieto-Márquez and Sellés 2023
Field notes
About Calvarius
Calvarius was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Calvarius, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Talarn Formation. It was named by Prieto-Márquez and Sellés in 2023.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Styracosterna.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Prieto-Márquez and A. Sellés. 2023. Evolutionary convergence in a small cursorial styracosternan ornithopod dinosaur from western Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(5):e2210632:1-17