[D] Pawpawsaurus campbelli [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Lee, 1996
Time
Cretaceous Early Albian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Nodosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Paw Paw Formation, Tarrant County, Texas, US
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Pawpawsaurus campbelli (after the Paw Paw Formation and the person who found the skull), eventually enough material was found as to make it nearly complete.The holotype specimen is a gorgeous skull(!).
This is the most primitive (skull has incomplete septum and no secondary palate) nodosaurid yet found with a horny beak and a unique pattern of dermal plates on top of the skull. It is the first nodosaurid to have been found with bony eyelids.
Lee, 1996
Time
Cretaceous Early Albian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Nodosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Paw Paw Formation, Tarrant County, Texas, US
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Pawpawsaurus campbelli (after the Paw Paw Formation and the person who found the skull), eventually enough material was found as to make it nearly complete.The holotype specimen is a gorgeous skull(!).
This is the most primitive (skull has incomplete septum and no secondary palate) nodosaurid yet found with a horny beak and a unique pattern of dermal plates on top of the skull. It is the first nodosaurid to have been found with bony eyelids.