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bird-hipped dinosaur
Thescelosaurus
Say it like this: “THESS-el-oh-sore-us”
Thescelosaurus neglectus
Thescelosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States and Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1913 · Gilmore, C. W.
- Hip height
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2.5–4.5 m · 8–15 ft
- Weight
- 200–300 kg · 441–661 lb
- Found in
- the United States and Canada · Lance
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Thescelosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Thescelosaurus dates to 1913, the year C. W. Gilmore described it.
Fossils referred to Thescelosaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States and Canada, including the Lance Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Thescelosaurus at a length near 2.5–4.5 m, hips about 1 m high, and a body mass around 200–300 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Thescelosaurinae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Thescelosaurus neglectus. Other named species include Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis and Thescelosaurus garbanii.
Other species with this name
- Thescelosaurus neglectus
- Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis
- Thescelosaurus garbanii
Close relatives
Changchunsaurus
Changchunsaurus parvus
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Doolysaurus
Doolysaurus huhmini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Fona
Fona herzogae
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago