Eousdryosaurus
Field photograph to come
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
150 million years ago
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