genus of reptiles (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dryosaurus was a small plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur that lived in forests of western North America around 150 million years ago.[1][2]
Dryosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic 155–145 mya | |
---|---|
Juvenile D. altus, Beneski Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Iguanodontia |
Genus: | †Dryosaurus Marsh, 1894 |
Type species | |
Dryosaurus altus (Marsh, 1878 [originally Laosaurus altus]) | |
Other species | |
|
Its family, the Dryosauridae, were precursors (ancestors) of the Iguanodons, and lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.