Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum
"white crest lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Albalophosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Albalophosaurus (meaning ‘white crest lizard’) is a genus of marginocephalian ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Japan during the Early Cretaceous. The type species is Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum.
What we know
- Named by Ohashi & Barrett, 2009.
- Fossils found in Japan.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Albalophosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.