Jeholosaurus
Field photograph to come
Jeholosaurus
DV-0465
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2000
Field notes
About Jeholosaurus
Jeholosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jeholosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2000.
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 Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2000. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(4):318-325