Krzyzanowskisaurus
Field photograph to come
Krzyzanowskisaurus
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- Lived
- 237 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Heckert 2005
Field notes
About Krzyzanowskisaurus
Krzyzanowskisaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 206 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Krzyzanowskisaurus, from Arizona and New Mexico. Its fossils come from the Chinle Formation. It was named by Heckert in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ornithischia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. B. Heckert. 2005. Krzyzanowskisaurus, a new name for a probable ornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Arizona and New Mexico, USA. In A. B. Heckert & S. G. Lucas (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Arizona. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 29:77-83