Nevadadromeus
Field photograph to come
Nevadadromeus
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- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Bonde et al. 2022
Field notes
About Nevadadromeus
Nevadadromeus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Nevadadromeus, from Nevada. Its fossils come from the Willow Tank Formation. It was named by Bonde et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. W. Bonde, R. L. Hall, and L. J. Krumenacker, D. J. Varricchio. 2022. Nevadadromeus schmitti (gen. et sp. nov.), a new basal neornithischian with affinities to the Thescelosaurinae, from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Willow Tank Formation of southern Nevada. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 50(1):1-8