Calamosaurus
Appearance
Calamosaurus Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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Genus: | Calamosaurus
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Calamosaurus was a genus of small theropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight.
Paleobiology
[change | change source]As a possible basal coelurosaur, Calamosaurus would have been a small, agile, bipedal carnivore. Naish et al 2001. estimate the living animal would have been around 3–5 meters long (9.8-16.4 feet), with a small head given the build of the neck vertebrae.[1]
There is too little material to say much more about it.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Naish D; Hutt S. and Martill D.M. 2001. Saurischian dinosaurs 2: theropods. In: Martill D.M., and Naish D. (eds) Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight. London The Palaeontological Association, 242-309. ISBN 0-901702-72-2