Weewarrasaurus Weewarrasaurus

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Weewarrasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Australia · United Kingdom
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Weewarrasaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Griman Creek Formation near Lightning Ridge, in New South Wales, Australia. The type and only species is W. pobeni, known from the holotype, an isolated preserved in opal, as well as a secondary referred dentary. It is thought to have co-existed with multiple other ornithopods of different sizes and lineages.

What we know

  • Named by Bell et al., 2018.
  • Fossils found in Australia and United Kingdom.