Protohadros

Field photograph to come

DV-0422Lewisville Fm., Texas

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

3 finds

95 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Protohadros?

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Protohadros: about 6 m (20 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ornithopod shape

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