Convolosaurus

Andrzejewski et al. 2019

Convolosaurus is a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Twin Mountains Formation from Proctor Lake in Comanche County, Texas. The type and only species is Convolosaurus marri.

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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Composite skeleton on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Scale bar equals 10 cm. © Kate A. Andrzejewski, Dale A. Winkler, Louis L. Jacobs · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Rhabdodontomorpha Unranked clade

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Tenontosauridae Family

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Convolosaurus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Twin Mountains

Temporal distribution

Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Convolosaurus marri 120 Ma

Images 3

Bibliography

Original description

K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A. Winkler, and L. L. Jacobs. 2019. A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas. PLoS One 14(3):e0207935:1-44 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

K. A. Andrzejewski, D. A. Winkler, and L. L. Jacobs. 2019. A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas. PLoS One 14(3):e0207935:1-44 DOI ↗