Diodorus
Field photograph to come
Diodorus
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- Lived
- 237 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Morocco
- Named by
- Kammerer et al. 2012
Field notes
About Diodorus
Diodorus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Diodorus, from Morocco. Its fossils come from the Timezgadiouine Formation. It was named by Kammerer et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. F. Kammerer, S. J. Nesbitt, and N. H. Shubin. 2012. The first basal dinosauriform (Silesauridae) from the Late Triassic of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(2):277-284