Barilium

Say it like this: “bar-il-ee-um”

Barilium dawsoni

Barilium ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Named in: 2010 · Norman, D. B.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 8 m · 26 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United Kingdom · Wadhurst Clay
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Hadrosauriformes

The story in short

In 2010, D. B. Norman published the name Barilium.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Wadhurst Clay Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

Published estimates put Barilium at a length near 8 m.

On the family tree it sits in Hadrosauriformes, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Brighstoneus

Brighstoneus simmondsi

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago

Comptonatus

Comptonatus chasei

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago

Fukuisaurus

Fukuisaurus tetoriensis

Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago