Emausaurus Emausaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Emausaurus 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long
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- Length
- 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (183–182 Mya)
- Place
- Germany
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Scelidosauridae
Emausaurus is a genus of thyreophoran or armored dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Early Toarcian). Its fossils have been found in the Lehmhagen Member, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Emausaurus is the only known Toarcian thyreophoran, as well as the only dinosaur from the zone of the same age with a formal name.
What we know
- Named by Haubold, 1990.
- Body length estimated at about 2.5 m.
- Fossils found in Germany.