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bird-hipped dinosaur
Zephyrosaurus
Say it like this: “ZEF-i-ro-SAWR-us”
Zephyrosaurus schaffi
Zephyrosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1980 · Sues, H. D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- 20 kg · 44 lb
- Found in
- the United States · Cloverly
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Orodrominae
The story in short
In 1980, H. D. Sues published the name Zephyrosaurus. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Zephyrosaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Cloverly Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Zephyrosaurus at a length near 1.8 m and a body mass around 20 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Orodrominae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Albertadromeus
Albertadromeus syntarsus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Koreanosaurus
Koreanosaurus boseongensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Orodromeus
Orodromeus makelai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago