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Convolosaurus kQnv@l@'sɔːr@s

"flocking lizard"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Convolosaurus 3 m (9.8 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Convolosaurus
Length
3 m (9.8 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Tenontosauridae

Convolosaurus (, meaning “flocking lizard” after the concentration of juvenile fossils found) is a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Twin Mountains Formation from Proctor Lake in Comanche County, Texas. The type and only species is Convolosaurus marri.

What we know

  • Named by Andrzejewski, Winkler & Jacobs, 2019.
  • Body length estimated at about 3 m.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Convolosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.