Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Lurdusaurus
Lurdusaurus arenatus Taquet and Russell 1999
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Lurdusaurus arenatus is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Taquet and Russell 1999. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lurdusaurus sits in deep time
Lurdusaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lurdusaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.