Genus
Valid Extinct

Kunbarrasaurus

Leahey et al. 2015

Kunbarrasaurus is an extinct genus of small ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. The genus contains a single species, K. ieversi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Kunbarrasaurus
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Kunbarrasaurus ieversi (QM F18101; holotype) skeleton in dorsal view. Scale = 20 cm. © Stephen F. Poropat, Phil R. Bell, Lachlan J. Hart, Steven W. Salisbury, & Benjamin P. Kear · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Parankylosauria Unranked clade
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Kunbarrasaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
2,4 m ⓘ
Kunbarrasaurus ieversi
Mass
150 kg ⓘ
Kunbarrasaurus ieversi
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
2
Geological formations
Toolebuc
2
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Kunbarrasaurus ieversi 106 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
L. G. Leahey, R. E. Molnar, and K. Carpenter, L. M. Witmer, S. W. Salisbury. 2015. Cranial osteology of the ankylosaurian dinosaur formerly known as Minmi sp. (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstone of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. PeerJ 3:e1475:1-47 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
T. G. Frauenfelder, P. R. Bell, and T. Brougham, J. J. Bevitt, R. D. C. Bicknell, B. P. Kear, S. Wroe, N. E. Campione. 2022. New ankylosaurian cranial remains from the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian) Toolebuc Formation of Queensland, Australia. Frontiers in Earth Science 10(1965):1–17 DOI ↗
L. G. Leahey, R. E. Molnar, and K. Carpenter, L. M. Witmer, S. W. Salisbury. 2015. Cranial osteology of the ankylosaurian dinosaur formerly known as Minmi sp. (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstone of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. PeerJ 3:e1475:1-47 DOI ↗