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Silesauridae

Silesaurus

Generic small ornithischian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Silesaurus 2.3 m (7.5 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic small ornithischian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Silesaurus
Length
2.3 m (7.5 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (237–201 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Silesauridae
Silesaurus reconstruction by TotalDino
Reconstruction · TotalDino (CC-BY)

Silesaurus is a genus of silesaurid dinosauriform from the Late Triassic, of what is now Poland.

What we know

  • Named by Dzik, 2003.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.3 m.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Silesaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.