Qantassaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0449"Wonthaggi" Fm., Australia

Qantassaurus

DV-0449

Lived
126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
Australia
Named by
Rich and Vickers-Rich 1999

Field notes

About Qantassaurus

Qantassaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Qantassaurus, from Australia. Its fossils come from the "Wonthaggi" Formation. It was named by Rich and Vickers-Rich in 1999.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Elasmaria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1999. The Hypsilophodontidae from southeastern Australia. Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:167-180