Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Silhouette of Leaellynasaura amicagraphica

Leaellynasaura Leaellynasaura amicagraphica Rich and Vickers-Rich 1989

/lˈiːɪlˌɪnɐsˌɔːɹə/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–110.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Australia
Region
Victoria
Formation
Eumeralla
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Australia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Leaellynasaura amicagraphica is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–110.1 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 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Leaellynasaura amicagraphica sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Leaellynasaura
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Leaellynasaura amicagraphica'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.

predator–prey
Timimus
Timimus hermani
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coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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coexisted–with
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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coexisted–with
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus armatus
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coexisted–with
Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus taqueti
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same–clade
Diluvicursor
Diluvicursor pickeringi
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same–clade
Equijubus
Equijubus normani
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