Outline: a typical ornithopod
Theiophytalia
"garden of the gods"
- Lived
- 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Brill and Carpenter 2007
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
110 million years ago
Field notes
About Theiophytalia
What it was like
Theiophytalia was a plant eater related to Iguanodon, known from a skull.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Colorado. Its skull comes from the Purgatoire Formation.
How it was found
Brill and Carpenter named it in 2007. The skull had been found long before and was first thought to belong to Camptosaurus. Its name refers to the famous park where it was found.
Close relatives
Other members of Styracosterna
Sources: WikidataNamed in: K. Brill and K. Carpenter. 2007. A description of a new ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a reassessment of the skull of Camptosaurus. Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs