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beaked plant-eater
Weewarrasaurus
Say it like this: “wee-WORR-uh-SAWR-us”
Weewarrasaurus pobeni
Weewarrasaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Bell, P. R.; Herne, M. C.; Brougham, T.; Smith, E. T.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Australia · Griman Creek
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Ornithopoda
The story in short
In 2018, P. R. Bell and colleagues published the name Weewarrasaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Griman Creek Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Weewarrasaurus 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 Ornithopoda, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Burianosaurus
Burianosaurus augustai
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Changmiania
Changmiania liaoningensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Gideonmantellia
Gideonmantellia amosanjuanae
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago