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Hesperosaurus
Herbivore
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There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.
Who lived alongside it
Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Hesperosaurus (Morrison), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
Allosaurus
Jurassic
Camarasaurus
Jurassic
Stegosaurus
Cretaceous
Apatosaurus
Jurassic
Diplodocus
Jurassic
Camptosaurus
Jurassic
Nanosaurus
Jurassic
Dryosaurus
Jurassic
Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.
Scientific details
- Classification
- Ornithischian (bird-hipped)
- Family
- Stegosauridae
- When it lived
- 143.1–157.9 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Unknown
- Named by
- Carpenter et al., 2001
- Fossil occurrences
- 8 sites
Countries with fossils
- United States
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata