Eousdryosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0887Lourinhã Fm., Portugal

Eousdryosaurus

DV-0887

Lived
152 to 145 million years ago, Late Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods, Dryosauridae
Found in
Portugal
Named by
Escaso et al. 2014

Field notes

About Eousdryosaurus

Eousdryosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 152 to 145 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dryosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Eousdryosaurus, from Portugal. Its fossils come from the Lourinhã Formation. It was named by Escaso et al. in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

150 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dryosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Escaso, F. Ortega, and P. Dantas, E. Malafaia, B. Silva, J. M. Gasulla, P. Mocho, I. Narvaeza, J. L. Sanz. 2014. A new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1102-1112