Morrosaurus

Rozadilla et al. 2016

Morrosaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous elasmarian dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous in Antarctica. The only known species is the type Morrosaurus antarcticus.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Life restoration of Morrosaurus antarcticus based on fossil images. Integument based on small, bipedal ornithischians like Kulindadromeus. © FunkMonk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Ornithischia Unranked clade

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Neornithischia Unranked clade

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Pyrodontia Unranked clade

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Cerapoda Unranked clade

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Ornithopoda Suborder

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Iguanodontia Infraorder

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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade

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Elasmaria Unranked clade

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Morrosaurus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇶 Antarctica

Geological formations

Snow Hill Island

Temporal distribution

Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)

Species (1)

Morrosaurus antarcticus 72 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J. Motta, J. M. Lirio, M. P. Isasi. 2016. A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Cretaceous Research 57:311-324 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)