Levnesovia

Say it like this: “lev-neh-SO-vee-uh”

Levnesovia transoxiana

Levnesovia ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.

Quiz me on Levnesovia

When: Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Named in: 2009 · Sues, H. D.; Averianov, A.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: Uzbekistan · Bissekty
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Hadrosauromorpha

The story in short

Levnesovia was formally named in 2009 by H. D. Sues and A. Averianov. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Levnesovia date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

The fossils of Levnesovia 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 Hadrosauromorpha, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Bactrosaurus

Bactrosaurus johnsoni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Claosaurus

Claosaurus agilis

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago

Eolambia

Eolambia caroljonesa

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago