Species
Valid Extinct

Dryosaurus altus

(Marsh 1878)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Dryosauridae Family
Dryosaurus Genus
Dryosaurus altus Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
7
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
7
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
J. R. Horner, A. de Ricqlès, and K. Padian, R. D. Scheetz. 2009. Comparative long bone histology and growth of the "hypsilophodontid" dinosaurs Orodromeus makelai, Dryosaurus altus, and Tenontosaurus tillettii (Ornithlschla: Euornithopoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):734-747 DOI ↗
C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114
J. S. McIntosh. 1981. Annotated catalogue of the dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 18:1-67 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton and J. A. Jensen. 1973. Small bones of the hypsilophodontid dinosaur Dryosaurus altus from the Upepr Jurassic of Colorado. The Great Basin Naturalist 33(2):129-132
O. C. Marsh. 1878. Principal characters of American Jurassic dinosaurs. Part I. American Journal of Science and Arts 16:411-416 DOI ↗