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ZEPHYROSAURUS
(zef-e-ir-sore-us)
meaning: "Westward wind lizard"
Zephyrosaurus
Named By: HansinDieter Sues in 1980
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, Aptian-Albian
Location: USA, Montana, Carbon County- Cloverly Formation. Possibly elsewhere in the US
Size: 1.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Based upon a partial skull and post cranial skeleton, including vertebrae and ribs. Further individuals have now been identified and described
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosuria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda |
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Zephyrosaurus (meaning "westward wind lizard") is a genus of orodromin ornithopod dinosaur. It is based on a partial skull and postcranial fragments discovered in the Aptian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana, USA. New remains are under description, and tracks from Maryland and Virginia, also in the USA, have been attributed to animals similar to Zephyrosarus.

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