Yaverlandia
Yaverlandia bitholus
Pronounced: ya - ver - Lan - dia
Diet: Herbivore(plant-eater)
Name Means: Yaverland
Length: 3 ft.(1 meters)
Height: 1 ft.(30 cm)
Weight: unknown
Time: Early Cretaceous - 130 MYA
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Europe
Yaverlandia is the oldest known member of the dome-headed dinosaurs. It is an ancestor of the Jurassic Park star, Pachycephalosaurus. This was a very small dinosaur, a little plant-eater whose domed head was not as thick as its later relatives.
Discovered in England in the 1930's, this little dinosaur was not formally described until 1971. It is a very early pachycephalosaur and it is somewhat unique in having twin domes on the top of the skull. It is known only from a partial skull. |
