Tethyshadros Tethyshadros insularis Dalla Vecchia 2009
/tˌɛθɪʃˈædɹoʊz/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Italy
Region
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Formation
Aurisina
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Tethyshadros insularis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. It was named by Dalla Vecchia 2009. 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 Tethyshadros insularis sits in deep time
Tethyshadros
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tethyshadros insularis'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.