Fruitadens

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Lived: 149 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Early ornithischians, Heterodontosauridae
Found in: United States
Named by: Butler et al. 2010

Field notes

About Fruitadens

Fruitadens was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 149 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Heterodontosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Fruitadens, from Colorado. Its fossils come from the Morrison Formation. It was named by Butler et al. in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

145 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Heterodontosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. J. Butler, P. M. Galton, and L. B. Porro, L. M. Chiappe, D. M. Henderson, G. M. Erickson. 2010. A new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America: lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277:375-381