Thescelosaurus neglectus

E372772

Thescelosaurus neglectus is a small, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known for its robust limbs and association with some of the last dinosaur faunas before the mass extinction.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thescelosaurus 1
Thescelosaurus neglectus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf neornithischian ⓘ
ornithischian dinosaur ⓘ
species ⓘ
approximateLength 2.5–4 meters ⓘ
approximateMass 100–150 kilograms ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
clade Neornithischia ⓘ
linked to: Ornithischia

Ornithischia ⓘ
coexistedWith Edmontosaurus annectens ⓘ
Triceratops horridus ⓘ
linked to: Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus rex ⓘ
linked to: Tyrannosaurus
continent North America ⓘ
describedBy Charles W. Gilmore ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
environment floodplain habitats ⓘ
riverine environments ⓘ
etymology "neglectus" refers to being overlooked or neglected ⓘ
extinctionEvent Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction ⓘ
family Thescelosauridae ⓘ
feedingAdaptation low-browsing herbivore ⓘ
fossilRangeEnd end-Maastrichtian ⓘ
foundInFormation Frenchman Formation ⓘ
Hell Creek Formation ⓘ
Horseshoe Canyon Formation ⓘ
Lance Formation ⓘ
Scollard Formation ⓘ
genusNameMeaning "marvelous lizard" for Thescelosaurus ⓘ
geologicalAge Maastrichtian ⓘ
late Campanian ⓘ
knownFrom partial skeletons ⓘ
skulls ⓘ
limbMorphology robust hind limbs ⓘ
short forelimbs ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
facultatively quadrupedal ⓘ
notableFeature association with latest Cretaceous dinosaur faunas ⓘ
paleobiogeography western interior of North America ⓘ
parentTaxon Thescelosaurus ⓘ
posture cursorial ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
skeletonCompleteness relatively well-known postcranial skeleton ⓘ
tailMorphology stiffened tail ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
temporalRange Late Cretaceous ⓘ
theropodPreyStatus likely prey of large tyrannosaurids ⓘ
toothMorphology leaf-shaped teeth ⓘ
typeSpecimenRepository Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
yearDescribed 1913 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hell Creek Formation → containsFossil → Thescelosaurus neglectus ⓘ
Thescelosaurus neglectus → parentTaxon → Thescelosaurus ⓘ
linked to: Thescelosaurus neglectus