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Thescelosauridae

Zephyrosaurus

"westward wind lizard"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zephyrosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Zephyrosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (113 Mya)
Place
Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Thescelosauridae

Zephyrosaurus (meaning “westward wind lizard”) is a genus of orodromine ornithischian dinosaur based on a partial skull and postcranial fragments discovered in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana, USA. New remains are under description, and tracks from Maryland and Virginia, also in the US, have been attributed to animals similar to Zephyrosaurus.

What we know

  • Named by Sues, 1980.
  • Fossils found in Montana, USA.

What we guess

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