Dysalotosaurus
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Dysalotosaurus
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- Lived
- 152 to 149 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Dryosauridae
- Found in
- Tanzania
- Named by
- Virchow 1919
Field notes
About Dysalotosaurus
Dysalotosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 149 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dryosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dysalotosaurus, from Tanzania. Its fossils come from the Tendaguru Formation. It was named by Virchow in 1919.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dryosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Virchow. 1919. Atlas und Epistropheus bei den Schildkröten [Atlas and axis in the turtles]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1919(8):303-332