Eousdryosaurus Eousdryosaurus

"small hallux"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eousdryosaurus 1.6 m (5.2 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (152 Mya)
Place
Portugal
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dryosauridae

Eousdryosaurus (“eastern Dryosaurus”) is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur known from a partial skeleton discovered in Upper Jurassic rocks in western Portugal. The type, and only species, is Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis, named and described in 2014.

What we know

  • Named by Escaso et al., 2014.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.6 m.
  • Fossils found in Portugal.