Africa Cerapoda Dinosauria Dryosauridae Early Cretaceous Genasauria Iguanodontia Neornithischia Ornithischia Ornithopoda

Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis

Dinosaur: Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis

Cretaceous: 121.4–100.5 Ma

Type: Ornithopod

*Length:**	2 m	6.6 ft
*Weight:**	16 kg	35 lb

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: Africa

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian-Albian
Years: 121.4–100.5 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Galton
Year: 2009

Distribution

Area: Africa
Country: Niger
Region: Agadez
Formation: Elrhaz

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Neornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Dryosauridae

Sources

Material: Femur, referred femur fragments, phalanges, humerus.
References: Galton, P.M. (2009). "Notes on Neocomian (Late Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England – Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon" – and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere".

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