Leaellynasaura
Field photograph to come
Leaellynasaura
DV-0329
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 2 m (7 ft)
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
Field notes
About Leaellynasaura
Leaellynasaura was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Leaellynasaura, from Australia. Its fossils come from the Eumeralla Formation. It was named by Rich and Vickers-Rich in 1989.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
To scale
How big was Leaellynasaura?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Elasmaria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. National Geographic Research 5(1):15–53