Oplosaurus

DV-0012 · type species Oplosaurus armatus

Lived: 137 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: United Kingdom
Named by: Gervais 1852

Field notes

About Oplosaurus

Oplosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 121 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Oplosaurus, from United Kingdom. It was named by Gervais in 1852.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

130 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropoda.

VulcanodonEarly Jurassic
IsanosaurusEarly Jurassic
KotasaurusEarly Jurassic
OhmdenosaurusEarly Jurassic
ArchaeodontosaurusMiddle Jurassic
PulanesauraEarly Jurassic
ChinshakiangosaurusEarly Jurassic
SanpasaurusEarly Jurassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France. 1–3:1-274+