Calvarius rapidus Calvarius

"suffering"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Calvarius 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66.1–66 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Calvarius (meaning “suffering”) is an extinct genus of styracosternan ornithopod from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) Talarn Formation of Spain. The genus contains a single species, Calvarius rapidus, known from a single . The slender morphology of this bone may indicate Calvarius had a cursorial (adapted to run) ecology, in contrast to its slower-moving relatives.

What we know

  • Named by Prieto-Márquez & Sellés, 2023.
  • Fossils found in Spain.