Emausaurus ernsti
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Dinosaur: Emausaurus ernsti
Length*: | 2.1 m | 6.9 ft |
Weight*: | 20 kg | 44 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Toarcian
Years: 182.7–174.7 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Haubold
Year: 1990
Distribution
Area: Europe
Country: Germany
Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Formation: Posidonienschiefer-equivalent
Classification
Locations
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skull and jaw, caudal vertebrae, neural arches, fragments of ribs, scutes and plates.
References: Haubold, H. (1990) Ein neuer Dinosaurier (Ornithischia, Thyreophora) aus dem Unteren Jura des nördlichen Mitteleuropa.