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beaked plant-eater
Proa
Say it like this: “PRAU”
Proa valdearinnoensis
Proa ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2012 · McDonald, A. T.; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Kirkland, J. I.; Alcalá, L.
- Hip height
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 5.5 m · 18 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- Spain · Escucha
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Styracosterna
The story in short
The genus Proa dates to 2012, the year A. T. McDonald and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Proa date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Escucha Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Proa at a length near 5.5 m, hips about 1.8 m high, and a body mass around 1 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Styracosterna, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Bayannurosaurus
Bayannurosaurus perfectus
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
Calvarius
Calvarius rapidus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Cedrorestes
Cedrorestes crichtoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago