Cedrorestes

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Cedrorestes crichtoni

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

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When: Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Gilpin, D.; DiCroce, T.; Carpenter, K.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Cedar Mountain
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Styracosterna

The story in short

Cedrorestes was formally named in 2007 by D. Gilpin and colleagues.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

The fossils of Cedrorestes 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 Styracosterna, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Bayannurosaurus

Bayannurosaurus perfectus

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

Calvarius

Calvarius rapidus

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago

Dakotadon

Dakotadon lakotaensis

Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian · Barremian) · roughly 137.1 to 121.4 million years ago