Weewarrasaurus

Weewarrasaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Photos and 3D renders of the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Genus: Weewarrasaurus
Bell et al., 2018
Type species
Weewarrasaurus pobeni
Bell et al., 2018

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 dentary 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.[1]

  1. ^ Bell, Phil R.; Herne, Matthew C.; Brougham, Tom & Smith, Elizabeth T. (2018). "Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), New South Wales, Australia". PeerJ. 6: e6008. doi:10.7717/peerj.6008. PMC 6284429. PMID 30533306.