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Oplosaurus Oplosaurus armatus (Gervais 1859)

/ˌɑːpləsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 137.1–121.4 Mya

Key Statistics

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

Where It Was Found

Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United Kingdom. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Oplosaurus armatus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Oplosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Oplosaurus armatus'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
Baryonyx
Baryonyx walkeri
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predator–prey
Yaverlandia
Yaverlandia bitholus
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predator–prey
Eotyrannus
Eotyrannus lengi
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coexisted–with
Iguanodon
Iguanodon galvensis
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coexisted–with
Valdosaurus
Valdosaurus canaliculatus
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coexisted–with
Barilium
Barilium dawsoni
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coexisted–with
Hypsilophodon
Hypsilophodon foxii
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coexisted–with
Osmakasaurus
Osmakasaurus depressus
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