Koreanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Koreanosaurus
DV-0783
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- South Korea
- Named by
- Huh et al. 2011
Field notes
About Koreanosaurus
Koreanosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Koreanosaurus, from South Korea. Its fossils come from the Seonso Conglomerate Formation. It was named by Huh et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. Huh, D.-G. Lee, and J.-K. Kim, J.-D. Lim, P. Godefroit. 2011. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of South Korea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 259(1):1-24