Parksosaurus
Field photograph to come
Parksosaurus
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 3 m (10 ft)
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Sternberg 1937
Field notes
About Parksosaurus
Parksosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Parksosaurus, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. It was named by Sternberg in 1937.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
To scale
How big was Parksosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. M. Sternberg. 1937. Classification of Thescelosaurus, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Geological Society of America 1936:375