[D] Parkosaurus [sG]
Describer
Sternberg, 1937
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canada
Typespecies
Parkosaurus warrenae
Length
2.4 meter
Info
Genus - Skull
Parkosaurus (Sternberg, 1937) > Parkosaurus warrenae (Parks, 1926) = Thescelosaurus warrenae (Parks, 1926)
Distinguised from Hypsilophodon by the greath depth of the caudal process of the premaxilla, the presence of numerous low, rounded ridges on the thickly enameled surfaces of the cheek teeth, and the apparent expansion of the dorsal end of the jugal (Galton, 1973).
Sternberg, 1937
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hypsilophodontidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Canada
Typespecies
Parkosaurus warrenae
Length
2.4 meter
Info
Genus - Skull
Parkosaurus (Sternberg, 1937) > Parkosaurus warrenae (Parks, 1926) = Thescelosaurus warrenae (Parks, 1926)
Distinguised from Hypsilophodon by the greath depth of the caudal process of the premaxilla, the presence of numerous low, rounded ridges on the thickly enameled surfaces of the cheek teeth, and the apparent expansion of the dorsal end of the jugal (Galton, 1973).