Pawpawsaurus campbelli Pawpawsaurus
"Pawpaw Lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Pawpawsaurus 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 4.5 m (14.8 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (105–100 Mya)
- Place
- Unknown locality
- Food
- Herbivore
Pawpawsaurus, meaning “Pawpaw Lizard”, is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Cretaceous (late Albian) of Tarrant County, Texas, discovered in May 1992. The only species yet assigned to this taxon, Pawpawsaurus campbelli, is based on a complete skull (lacking mandibles) from the marine Paw Paw Formation (Washita Group).
What we know
- Named by Lee, 1996.
- Body length estimated at about 4.5 m.