Emausaurus

DV-0334

Lived: 184 to 183 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 2 m (7 ft)
Group: Early armored dinosaurs, Scelidosauridae
Found in: Germany
Named by: Haubold 1990

Field notes

About Emausaurus

Emausaurus was a plant-eating early armored dinosaur that lived in the Early Jurassic, 184 to 183 million years ago. It belongs to the family Scelidosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Emausaurus, from Germany. It was named by Haubold in 1990.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

185 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Emausaurus?

Emausaurus: about 2 m (7 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical early armored dinosaur shape

Close relatives

Other members of Scelidosauridae.

ScelidosaurusEarly Jurassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Haubold. 1990. Ein neuer Dinosaurier (Ornithischia, Thyreophora) aus dem unteren Jura des nördlichen Mitteleuropa. Revue de Paléobiologie 9(1):149-177