Othnielosaurus

E273052

Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Othnielosaurus canonical 3
Laosaurus 1
Laosaurus consors 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur ⓘ
genus ⓘ
ornithischian dinosaur ⓘ
species ⓘ
bodyPlan lightly built ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
Neornithischia ⓘ
linked to: Ornithischia
continent North America ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
ecologicalNiche small herbivore ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
family Hypsilophodontidae ⓘ
feedingStyle plant-eating ⓘ
firstDescribedAs Laosaurus consors ⓘ
linked to: Othnielosaurus
forelimbDescription short forelimbs ⓘ
fossilMaterial isolated bones ⓘ
partial skeletons ⓘ
fossilRange Late Jurassic of North America ⓘ
fossilTypeLocality Morrison Formation, western United States ⓘ
linked to: Morrison Formation
geologicalAge Kimmeridgian ⓘ
linked to: Kimmeridgian stage

Tithonian ⓘ
habitat terrestrial ⓘ
hindlimbDescription long hindlimbs ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom Morrison Formation ⓘ
livedWith Allosaurus ⓘ
Apatosaurus ⓘ
Stegosaurus ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
mobility agile runner ⓘ
namedAfter Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ
order Ornithischia ⓘ
parentTaxon Othnielosaurus ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
posture upright bipedal ⓘ
reassignedFrom Laosaurus ⓘ
linked to: Othnielosaurus

Othnielia ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
sizeDescription small ⓘ
tailDescription long tail ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
toothType leaf-shaped teeth ⓘ
typeSpecies Othnielosaurus consors ⓘ
linked to: Othnielosaurus

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morrison Formation → containsFossilTaxon → Othnielosaurus ⓘ
Othnielosaurus → typeSpecies → Othnielosaurus consors ⓘ
linked to: Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus consors → parentTaxon → Othnielosaurus ⓘ
subject linked to: Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus → firstDescribedAs → Laosaurus consors ⓘ
linked to: Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus → reassignedFrom → Laosaurus ⓘ
linked to: Othnielosaurus
Como Bluff → yieldedTaxon → Othnielosaurus ⓘ