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Oplosaurus
Oplosaurus armatus (Gervais 1859)
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 137.1–121.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Oplosaurus armatus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Gervais 1859). 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 Oplosaurus sits in deep time
Oplosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Oplosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.