Protorosaurus pro-TO-ro-SOR-us
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Protorosaurus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (259.5–254.1 Mya)
- Place
- Unknown locality
- Food
- Herbivore
Protorosaurus is a ceratopsidae known from the Triassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.
What we know
- Originally named by Lambe 1914.