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beaked plant-eater
Qantassaurus
Say it like this: “KWAHN-tuh-SOR-uhs”
Qantassaurus intrepidus
Qantassaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1999 · Rich, T. H.; Vickers-Rich, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Australia · Wonthaggi
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Elasmaria
The story in short
In 1999, T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich published the name Qantassaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Wonthaggi Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Qantassaurus at a length near 1.8 m.
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