Galleonosaurus Galleonosaurus

"galleon lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Galleonosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125–112 Mya)
Place
Australia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Galleonosaurus (meaning “galleon lizard” as the upper jaw bone resembles an upturned galleon) is a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Wonthaggi Formation of the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The type and only species is Galleonosaurus dorisae.

What we know

  • Named by Herne et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in Australia.