Theiophytalia
Field photograph to come
Theiophytalia
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- Lived
- 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Brill and Carpenter 2007
Field notes
About Theiophytalia
Theiophytalia was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Theiophytalia, from Colorado. Its fossils come from the Purgatoire Formation. It was named by Brill and Carpenter in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Styracosterna.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Brill and K. Carpenter. 2007. A description of a new ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a reassessment of the skull of Camptosaurus. Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs