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Dinosaur: Callovosaurus leedsi
| Length*: | 2.6 m | 8.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 32 kg | 71 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Callovian
Years: 166.1–161.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Galton
Year: 1980
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Oxford Clay
Locations
Sources
Material: Left femur.
References: Ruiz-Omeñaca, José Ignacio; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier; Galton, Peter M. (2007). "Callovosaurus leedsi, the earliest dryosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Euornithopoda) from the Middle Jurassic of England".
