Genre
Valide Éteint

Weewarrasaurus

Bell et al. 2018

Weewarrasaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Griman Creek Formation near Lightning Ridge, in New South Wales, Australia. The type and only species is W. pobeni, known from the holotype, an isolated dentary preserved in opal, as well as a secondary referred dentary. It is thought to have co-existed with multiple other ornithopods of different sizes and lineages.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
2
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Weewarrasaurus
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Right dentary in (A), medial; (B), dorsal; and (C) lateral views. Dashed black lines represent approximate contours of the missing areas. Dashed red lines indicate the distinctive banding pattern in the opal used to estimate the extent of the missing area. (D–F) Three-dimensional renders of the posterior dentary fragment in (D) lingual view showing erupted (blue) and developing germ teeth (pink); (E) Same as (D) but with dentary removed; (F) dorsal (occlusal) view of tooth row. (G-J) Three-dimensional render of the best-preserved tooth in (G) mesial, (H) lingual, (I) distal, and (J) labial views. (K) MicroCT scan of the posterior dentary fragment in axial view showing preservation of cancellous bone. Abbreviations: cab, cancellous bone; cr, tooth crown. Photo credit: Phil Bell. © Phil R. Bell​, Matthew C. Herne, Tom Brougham, Elizabeth T. Smith · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Ornithischia Clade non classé
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Neornithischia Clade non classé
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Pyrodontia Clade non classé
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Cerapoda Clade non classé
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Ornithopoda Sous-ordre
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Iguanodontia Infraordre
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Euiguanodontia Clade non classé
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Elasmaria Clade non classé
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Weewarrasaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 2 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇦🇺 Australie
2
Formations géologiques
Griman Creek
2
Distribution temporelle
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Espèces (1)
Weewarrasaurus pobeni 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
P. R. Bell, M. C. Herne, and T. Brougham, E. T. Smith. 2018. Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia. PeerJ 6:e6008:1-40 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
P. R. Bell, M. C. Herne, and T. Brougham, E. T. Smith. 2018. Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia. PeerJ 6:e6008:1-40 DOI ↗