Species
Valid Extinct

Atlascopcosaurus loadsi

Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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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Atlascopcosaurus Genus
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Atlascopcosaurus loadsi Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
7
Geological formations
Eumeralla
6
"Wonthaggi"
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
6
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. National Geographic Research 5(1):15–53
Bibliography (3)
R. J. Duncan, A. R. Evans, and P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, S. F. Poropat. 2021. Ornithopod jaws from the Lower Cretaceous Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia, and their implications for polar neornithischian dinosaur diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(3):e1946551:1-25 DOI ↗
M. C. Herne, J. P. Nair, and A. R. Evans, A. M. Tait. 2019. New small-bodied ornithopods (Dinosauria, Neornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous Wonthaggi Formation (Strzelecki Group) of the Australian-Antarctic rift system, with revision of Qantassaurus intrepidus Rich and Vickers-Rich, 1999. Journal of Paleontology 93(3):543-584 DOI ↗
T. H. Rich and P. Vickers-Rich. 1989. Polar dinosaurs and biotas of the Early Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. National Geographic Research 5(1):15–53