Daurosaurus
Field photograph to come
Daurosaurus
DV-0885 · type species Daurosaurus olovus
- Lived
- 168 to 165 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hypsilophodontidae
- Found in
- Russia
- Named by
- Alifanov and Saveliev 2014
Field notes
About Daurosaurus
Daurosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 165 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hypsilophodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Daurosaurus, from Russia. Its fossils come from the Ukureyskaya Formation. It was named by Alifanov and Saveliev in 2014.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hypsilophodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. R. Alifanov and S. V. Saveliev. 2014. Two new ornithischian dinosaurs (Hypsilophodontia, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Russia. Paleontological Journal 48(4):414-425