Ohmdenosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0248Posidonia Shale Fm., Germany

Ohmdenosaurus

DV-0248 · type species Ohmdenosaurus liasicus

Lived
183 to 180 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Germany
Named by
Wild 1978

Field notes

About Ohmdenosaurus

Ohmdenosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 183 to 180 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ohmdenosaurus, from Germany. Its fossils come from the Posidonia Shale Formation. It was named by Wild in 1978.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

180 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Wild. 1978. Ein Sauropoden-Rest (Reptilia, Saurischia) aus dem Posidonienschiefer (Lias, Toarcium) von Holzmaden [A new sauropod (Reptilia, Saurischia) from the Posidonienschiefer (Lias, Toarcian) of Holzmaden]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 41:1-15