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beaked plant-eater
Burianosaurus
Say it like this: “BOO-ree-AN-o-SOR-us”
Burianosaurus augustai
Burianosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in CZ.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Madzia, D.; Boyd, C. A.; Mazuch, M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- CZ · Peruc-Korycany
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Ornithopoda
The story in short
In 2017, D. Madzia and colleagues published the name Burianosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from CZ, including the Peruc-Korycany Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Burianosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Ornithopoda, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Changmiania
Changmiania liaoningensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Gideonmantellia
Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Weewarrasaurus
Weewarrasaurus pobeni
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago