Emiliasaura

DV-1235 · type species Emiliasaura alessandrii

Lived: 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ornithopods
Found in: Argentina
Named by: Coria et al. 2024

Field notes

About Emiliasaura

Emiliasaura was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Emiliasaura, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Mulichinco Formation. It was named by Coria et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

135 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Rhabdodontomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Coria, I. Cerda, and F. Escaso, M. Baiano, F. Bellardini, A. Braun, L. Coria, J. Gutierrez, D. Pino, G. Windholz, P. Currie, F. Ortega. 2024. First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from Patagonia. Cretaceous Research