Dinosauria›Ornithischia
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Albalophosaurus Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum Ohashi and Barrett 2009
/ˌælbɐlˌɑːfəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Japan
Region
Ishikawa
Formation
Kuwajima
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Ishikawa, Japan. It was named by Ohashi and Barrett 2009. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum sits in deep time
Albalophosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.