Kunbarrasaurus Kunbarrasaurus

"shield lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kunbarrasaurus 3.5 m (11.5 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (105.3–99.7 Mya)
Place
Australia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Kunbarrasaurus (meaning “shield lizard”) is an extinct genus of small ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. The genus contains a single species, K. ieversi.

What we know

  • Named by Leahey et al., 2015.
  • Body length estimated at about 3.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Australia.