Species
Valid Extinct

Thyreosaurus atlasicus

Zafaty et al. 2024

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Stegosauria Unranked clade
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Stegosauridae Family
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Neostegosauria Unranked clade
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Dacentrurinae Subfamily
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Thyreosaurus Genus
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Thyreosaurus atlasicus Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
El Mers III
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
O. Zafaty, M. Oukassou, and F. Riguetti, J. Company, S. Bendrioua, R. Tabuce, A. Charrière, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2024. A new stegosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) with a remarkable dermal armour from the Middle Jurassic of North Africa. Gondwana Research 131:344-362 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
O. Zafaty, M. Oukassou, and F. Riguetti, J. Company, S. Bendrioua, R. Tabuce, A. Charrière, X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2024. A new stegosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) with a remarkable dermal armour from the Middle Jurassic of North Africa. Gondwana Research 131:344-362 DOI ↗