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beaked plant-eater
Oblitosaurus
Say it like this: “ob-LEE-tow-SOR-us”
Oblitosaurus bunnueli
Oblitosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2023 · Sánchez-Fenollosa, S.; Verdú, F. J.; Cobos, A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6–7 m · 20–23 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Villar del Arzobispo
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Dryomorpha
The story in short
Oblitosaurus was formally named in 2023 by S. Sánchez-Fenollosa and colleagues. The name means “forgotten lizard.”
Fossils referred to Oblitosaurus date to the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Villar del Arzobispo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Oblitosaurus at a length near 6–7 m.
On the family tree it sits in Dryomorpha, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.