Convolosaurus

Convolosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Aptian
125 Ma
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Composite skeleton in Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Clade: †Ornithopoda
Genus: †Convolosaurus
Andrzejewski, Winkler & Jacobs, 2019
Type species
†Convolosaurus marri
Andrzejewski, Winkler & Jacobs, 2019

Convolosaurus (/ˌkɒnvələˈsɔːrəs/, meaning "flocking lizard" after the concentration of juvenile fossils found) is a genus of basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Twin Mountains Formation from Proctor Lake in Comanche County, Texas. The type and only species is Convolosaurus marri.[1]

  1. ^ Andrzejewski, Kate A.; Winkler, Dale A.; Jacobs, Louis L.; Forster, Catherine (2019). "A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas". PLOS ONE. 14 (3): e0207935. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1407935A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207935. PMC 6413910. PMID 30860999.