Fylax thyrakolasus Fylax

"keeper"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fylax 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66.052–66 Mya)
Place
Spain
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Fylax (meaning “keeper”) is a genus of hadrosauroid ornithopod from the Late Cretaceous Figuerola Formation of Spain. The genus contains a single species, Fylax thyrakolasus, known from a nearly complete left dentary.

What we know

  • Named by Prieto-Márquez & Carrera Farias, 2021.
  • Fossils found in Spain.