Oblitosaurus
"forgotten lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Oblitosaurus 7 m (23 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (163–145 Mya)
- Place
- Europe · Spain
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Oblitosaurus (meaning “forgotten lizard”) is a genus of ankylopollexian ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain. The type species is Oblitosaurus bunnueli.
What we know
- Named by Sánchez-Fenollosa et al., 2023.
- Body length estimated at about 7 m.
- Fossils found in Europe and Spain.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Oblitosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.