Outline: a typical ornithopod
Galleonosaurus
"galleon lizard"
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Herne et al. 2019
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
125 million years ago
Field notes
About Galleonosaurus
What it was like
Galleonosaurus was a small plant eater that ran on two legs. It is known from upper jaws, shaped a bit like an upturned ship's hull, which gave it its name.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Australia. The area was then far to the south, with cold, dark winters. It shared that land with the small plant eater Qantassaurus.
How it was found
Herne and colleagues named Galleonosaurus in 2019.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Elasmaria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: 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