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beaked plant-eater
Pareisactus
Say it like this: “par-eye-SAK-tus”
Pareisactus evrostos
Pareisactus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Párraga, J.; Prieto-Márquez, A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Conques
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Rhabdodontidae
The story in short
In 2019, J. Párraga and A. Prieto-Márquez published the name Pareisactus.
Fossils referred to Pareisactus date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Conques Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Pareisactus 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 Rhabdodontidae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Matheronodon
Matheronodon provincialis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Mochlodon
Mochlodon suessi
Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
Rhabdodon
Rhabdodon priscus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago