Dinosauria›Ornithischia
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Atlascopcosaurus Atlascopcosaurus loadsi Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989
/ˌætləsˌkɒpkəˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 125.8–110.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Australia
Region
Victoria
Formations
Eumeralla · "Wonthaggi"
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–110.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Victoria, Australia. It was named by Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989. The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Atlascopcosaurus loadsi sits in deep time
Atlascopcosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Atlascopcosaurus loadsi'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.