Weewarrasaurus

Name: Weewarrasaurus.
Phonetic: We-wah-rah-sor-us.
Named By: Phil R.‭ ‬Bell,‭ ‬Matthew C.‭ ‬Herne,‭ ‬Tom Brougham‭ & ‬Elizabeth T.‭ ‬Smith‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda.
Species: W.‭ ‬pobeni‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Australia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Griman Creek Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Two partial dentaries‭’ (‬lower jaws‭)‬.

       Weewarrasaurus is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Australia during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬At the time of writing,‭ ‬Weewarrasaurus is known from only two dentaries‭’‬ (lower jaws‭)‬,‭ ‬so precise details about this dinosaur are otherwise unknown.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Ornithopod diversity in the Griman Creek Formation‭ (‬Cenomanian‭)‬,‭ ‬New South Wales,‭ ‬Australia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ.‭ ‬6.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Phil R.‭ ‬Bell,‭ ‬Matthew C.‭ ‬Herne,‭ ‬Tom Brougham‭ & ‬Elizabeth T.‭ ‬Smith‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.



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