Genera

Leaellynasaura

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Leaellynasaura

“Leaellyn Rich’s lizard”

[ Measurements | Time | Place | Remains | Essay | Images ]

CLASSIFICATION

Leaellynasaura
T. Rich & P. Rich, 1989TYPE SPECIES:
L. amicagraphica T. Rich & P. Rich, 1989

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria
Ornithischia Ornithopoda

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 2 m to 3 m

see also: World Records

TIME

Aptian to Albian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

skull fragments, teeth, postcrania

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

Leaellynasaura is known from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia, which was close to the South Pole at the time. It had very large eyes, which some have interpreted as an adaptation to the long period of winter darkness which occurs near the south pole.

IMAGES

two Leaellynasaura amicagraphica; cute, big-eyed Australian Ornithopoda