Genus
Valid Extinct

Eousdryosaurus

Escaso et al. 2014

Eousdryosaurus is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur known from a partial skeleton discovered in Upper Jurassic rocks in western Portugal. The type, and only species, is Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis, named and described in 2014.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Eousdryosaurus
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Figure 32: Right metatarsi of selected ornithopods in proximal view. A–R: (A) Diluvicursor pickeringi; (B) NMV P186047; (C) Morrosaurus antarcticus; (D) Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis; (E) Anabisetia saldiviai; (F) Kangnasaurus coetzeei; (G) Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis; (H) Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki; (I) Dryosaurus altus; (J) Changchunsaurus parvus; (K) Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis; (L) Hypsilophodon foxii; (M) Tenontosaurus tilletti; (N) Cumnoria prestwichii; (O) Muttaburrasaurus langdoni; (P) Talenkauen santacrucensis; (Q) Parksosaurus warreni; and (R) Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis. Metatarsi normalised for dorsoplantar depth of metatarsal II (shaded black). Dashed lines indicate uncertain bone margins. ?, indicates location of uncertain/expected/missing metatarsal. Abbreviation: mt #, metatarsal position. For data sources, see Table S1. © Herne MC, Tait AM, Weisbecker V, Hall M, Nair JP, Cleeland M, Salisbury SW. · 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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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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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Dryosauridae Family
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Eousdryosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
1,7 m ⓘ
Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis
Mass
10 kg ⓘ
Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Geological formations
Lourinhã
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis 152 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. Escaso, F. Ortega, and P. Dantas, E. Malafaia, B. Silva, J. M. Gasulla, P. Mocho, I. Narvaeza, J. L. Sanz. 2014. A new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1102-1112 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. Escaso, F. Ortega, and P. Dantas, E. Malafaia, B. Silva, J. M. Gasulla, P. Mocho, I. Narvaeza, J. L. Sanz. 2014. A new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1102-1112 DOI ↗