Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Thescelosauridae
Thescelosaurus Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Brown et al. 2011
/ˌθɛsɪləˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview
Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis is a dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Brown et al. 2011. 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 Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis sits in deep time
Thescelosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.