Othnielia

E930701

Othnielia is a small, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, historically known from fragmentary remains and subject to taxonomic revision.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Othnielia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct genus of dinosaurs ⓘ
ornithischian dinosaur ⓘ
ornithopod ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
Neornithischia ⓘ
linked to: Ornithischia
continent North America ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
discoveryContext Morrison Formation dinosaur quarries ⓘ
estimatedLength about 1.5–2 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass tens of kilograms ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
feedingMode low-browsing herbivore ⓘ
forelimbs short forelimbs ⓘ
formation Morrison Formation ⓘ
fossilCountry United States ⓘ
fossilMaterial partial skeletons ⓘ
postcranial bones ⓘ
fossilStateOrRegion Colorado ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
geologicalAge Kimmeridgian ⓘ
linked to: Kimmeridgian stage

Tithonian ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom fragmentary remains ⓘ
lifestyle ground-dwelling ⓘ
limbProportions long hindlimbs ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
namedAfter Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ
nameHonors Othniel Charles Marsh ⓘ
order Ornithischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Hypsilophodontidae (historically assigned) ⓘ
linked to: Hypsilophodontidae
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
speed cursorial ⓘ
suborder Ornithopoda ⓘ
tail long, stiffened tail ⓘ
taxonomicHistory historically associated with Othnielosaurus ⓘ
subject of multiple reassignments ⓘ
taxonomicStatus dubious ⓘ
subject to revision ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
temporalRange Late Jurassic ⓘ
toothMorphology leaf-shaped teeth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Othnielosaurus → reassignedFrom → Othnielia ⓘ