Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Scelidosauridae
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Emausaurus Emausaurus ernsti Haubold 1990
/ɪməsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · 184.2–182.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Germany
Region
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Emausaurus ernsti is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 184.2–182.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was named by Haubold 1990. 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 Emausaurus ernsti sits in deep time
Emausaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Emausaurus ernsti'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.