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Ouranosaurus
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 Ouranosaurus (Elrhaz), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
Nigersaurus
Cretaceous
Eocarcharia
Cretaceous
Suchomimus
Cretaceous
Afromimus
Cretaceous
Elrhazosaurus
Cretaceous
Kryptops
Cretaceous
Lurdusaurus
Cretaceous
Carcharodontosaurus
Cretaceous
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
- Unknown
- When it lived
- 66–121.4 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Aptian – Maastrichtian
- Named by
- Taquet, 1972
- Fossil occurrences
- 8 sites
Countries with fossils
- Cameroon
- Niger
- Sudan
- Tunisia
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata