Genus
Valid Extinct

Dysalotosaurus

Virchow 1919

Dysalotosaurus is a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian dinosaur. It was a dryosaurid iguanodontian, and its fossils have been found in late Kimmeridgian-age rocks of the Tendaguru Formation of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The type and only species of the genus is D. lettowvorbecki. This species was named by Hans Virchow in 1919 in honor of the Imperial German Army Officer, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. For much of the 20th century the species was referred to the related and approximately contemporary genus Dryosaurus, but newer studies reject this synonymy.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Dysalotosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Dryosauridae Family
Dysalotosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki 152 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. Virchow. 1919. Atlas und Epistropheus bei den Schildkröten [Atlas and axis in the turtles]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1919(8):303-332
Bibliography (1)
H. Virchow. 1919. Atlas und Epistropheus bei den Schildkröten [Atlas and axis in the turtles]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1919(8):303-332