Galleonosaurus
Field photograph to come
Galleonosaurus
DV-1054
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Herne et al. 2019
Field notes
About Galleonosaurus
Galleonosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Galleonosaurus, from Australia. Its fossils come from the "Wonthaggi" Formation. It was named by Herne et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Elasmaria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. C. Herne, J. P. Nair, and A. R. Evans, A. M. Tait. 2019. New small-bodied ornithopods (Dinosauria, Neornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group) of the Australian-Antarctic rift system, with revision of Qantassaurus intrepidus Rich and Vickers-Rich, 1999. Journal of Paleontology 93(3):543-584