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beaked plant-eater
Eousdryosaurus
Say it like this: “yuss-dry-o-sor-us”
Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis
Eousdryosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Escaso, F.; Ortega, F.; Dantas, P.; Malafaia, E.; Silva, B.; Gasulla, J. M.; Mocho, P.; Narváez, I.; Sanz, J. L.
- Hip height
- 0.4 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1.6 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 10 kg · 22 lb
- Found in
- Portugal · Lourinhã
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Dryosauridae
The story in short
The genus Eousdryosaurus dates to 2014, the year F. Escaso and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Lourinhã Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Eousdryosaurus at a length near 1.6 m, hips about 0.4 m high, and a body mass around 10 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Dryosauridae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Callovosaurus
Callovosaurus leedsi
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago
Dryosaurus
Dryosaurus altus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Dysalotosaurus
Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago