Eolambia
"dawn lambeosaurine"
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (96.7 Mya)
- Place
- North America · Asia · United States · Utah, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Eolambia (meaning “dawn lambeosaurine”) is a genus of herbivorous hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of the United States. It contains a single species, E. caroljonesa, named by paleontologist James Kirkland in 1998. The type specimen of Eolambia was discovered by Carole and Ramal Jones in 1993; the species name honors Carole. Since then, hundreds of bones have been discovered from both adults and juveniles, representing nearly every element of the skeleton. All of the specimens have thus far been found in Emery County, Utah, in a layer of rock known as the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation.
Measuring up to 6 m long, Eolambia is a large member of its group.
What we know
- Named by Kirkland, 1998.
- Body length estimated at about 6 m.
- Fossils found in North America and Asia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Eolambia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.