Nevadadromeus Nevadadromeus

"Nevada runner"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nevadadromeus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
United States
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Thescelosauridae

Nevadadromeus (meaning “Nevada runner”) is an extinct genus of small thescelosaurine ornithischian dinosaur, from the Willow Tank Formation of Nevada, United States. The genus contains a single species, N. schmitti, which represents the first non-avian dinosaur named from Nevada.

What we know

  • Named by Bonde et al., 2022.
  • Fossils found in United States.