Ohmdenosaurus
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Ohmdenosaurus Fossil range: Early Jurassic |
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Ohmdenosaurus liasicus Wild, 1978 |
Ohmdenosaurus (meaning "Ohmden lizard") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a very small (4 meters long) vulcanodont sauropod which lived in Germany. Only a couple of fragmentary leg bones were found.
The type species is O. liasicus, described in 1978 by Wild.
[edit] References
- Ohmdenosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia, at Dino Russ's Lair