Euskelesaurus eu-SKE-le-SOR-us

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Euskelesaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (246.7–201.4 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.

Euskelesaurus is a dinosaur known from the Triassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Huxley 1866.