Convolosaurus
Field photograph to come
Convolosaurus
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- Lived
- 120 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Tenontosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Andrzejewski et al. 2019
Field notes
About Convolosaurus
Convolosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Tenontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Convolosaurus, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Twin Mountains Formation. It was named by Andrzejewski et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Tenontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A. Winkler, and L. L. Jacobs. 2019. A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas. PLoS One 14(3):e0207935:1-44