Convolosaurus
Name:
Convolosaurus
(flocking lizard).
Phonetic: Con-vo-lo-sor-us.
Named By: K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A.
Winkler & L. L. Jacobs - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda.
Species: C. marri (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Between 2.5 and 3 meters long for the
holotype individual, but this was not fully grown. Full adult size
likely larger.
Known locations: USA, Texas - Twin Mountains
Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skulls and partial post
cranial remains of many individuals including subadults and juveniles.
Convolosaurus
is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in North America during
the early Cretaceous. At the time of writing Convolosaurus
is known
mostly from subadult and juvenile individuals.
Further reading
- A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the
Early Cretaceous of Texas. - PLoS One 14(3):e0207935:1-44.
- K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A. Winkler & L. L.
Jacobs - 2019.
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