Genus
Valid Extinct

Galleonosaurus

Herne et al. 2019

Galleonosaurus is a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Wonthaggi Formation of the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The type and only species is Galleonosaurus dorisae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Galleonosaurus
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Specimens of Galleonosaurus dorisae n. gen. n. sp. from the Flat Rocks Sandstone in the upper Barremian, Wonthaggi Formation, Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia: (1–2) holotype (NMV P229196), left maxilla in lateral (1) and medial (2) views; (3) NMV P208178, left maxilla in lateral view; (4) NMV P212845, left maxilla in lateral view; (5) NMV P209977, left maxilla in lateral view; (6) NMV P186440, left maxilla in lateral view; (7) NMV 208113, right maxillary tooth in labial view. Scale bars = 10 mm (1–6); 1 mm (7). © Matthew C. Herne, Jay P. Nair, Alistair R. Evans and Alan M. Tait · 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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Elasmaria Unranked clade
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Galleonosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
3
Geological formations
"Wonthaggi"
2
Eumeralla
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Galleonosaurus dorisae 126 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (2)
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 ↗