Jeyawati Jeyawati

"grinding mouth"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Jeyawati 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (90.9–88.6 Mya)
Place
Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Jeyawati (meaning “grinding mouth” in the Zuni language) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur which lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The type species, J. rugoculus, was described in 2010, based on fossils recovered in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The holotype, MSM P4166, was discovered in the Moreno Hill Formation.

What we know

  • Named by McDonald, Wolfe & Kirkland, 2010.
  • Fossils found in Mexico and New Mexico, USA.