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beaked plant-eater · Doubtful name
Fulgurotherium
Say it like this: “full-GOO-ro-THEE-ree-um”
Fulgurotherium australe
Fulgurotherium ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.3 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- 6 kg · 13 lb
- Found in
- Australia · Griman Creek
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Elasmaria
The story in short
Fulgurotherium was formally named in 1932 by F. V. Huene.
Fossils referred to Fulgurotherium date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Griman Creek Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Fulgurotherium at a length near 1.3 m and a body mass around 6 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Elasmaria, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Anabisetia
Anabisetia saldiviai
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian · Albian) · roughly 125.8 to 100.5 million years ago
Chakisaurus
Chakisaurus nekul
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago