Protohadros
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Protohadros
DV-0422 · type species Protohadros byrdi
- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 6 m (20 ft)
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Head 1998
Field notes
About Protohadros
Protohadros was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Protohadros, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Lewisville Formation. It was named by Head in 1998.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
To scale
How big was Protohadros?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. J. Head. 1998. A new species of basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Cenomanian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):718-738