Thyreosaurus
Field photograph to come
Thyreosaurus
DV-1256 · type species Thyreosaurus atlasicus
- Lived
- 168 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- Morocco
- Named by
- Zafaty et al. 2024
Field notes
About Thyreosaurus
Thyreosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Thyreosaurus, from Morocco. Its fossils come from the El Mers III Formation. It was named by Zafaty et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: O. Zafaty, M. Oukassou, and F. Riguetti, J. Company, S. Bendrioua, R. Tabuce, A. Charrière, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2024. A new stegosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) with a remarkable dermal armour from the Middle Jurassic of North Africa. Gondwana Research 131:344-362