Morrosaurus
Field photograph to come
Morrosaurus
DV-0956
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Antarctica
- Named by
- Rozadilla et al. 2016
Field notes
About Morrosaurus
Morrosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Morrosaurus, from Antarctica. Its fossils come from the Snow Hill Island Formation. It was named by Rozadilla et al. in 2016.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Elasmaria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J. Motta, J. M. Lirio, M. P. Isasi. 2016. A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Cretaceous Research 57:311-324