#othnielia

Welp, there it is. Diabloceratops made an impressive comeback, but in the end it only had 23% of the vote, to Pachyrhinosaurus’ 34%. I present, our Ornithischia Lineup! 

By José Carlos Cortés on @ryuukibart​

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Name: Othnielia rex

Name Meaning: Named for Othniel Marsh

First Described: 1977

Described By: Galton

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia

Othnielia is a fairly well known dinosaur, which is ironic as it is dubious. It was originally described as a species of Nanosaurus, but then was separated out as it’s own genus, however, this was further separated and the actually decent skeleton was assigned to Othnielosaurus. It is possible, however, that a small juvenile (described as a baby) is that of Othnielia - it had spongy, incomplete and small bones, about 1/3 the size of an adult. The adult was about 1.5 to 2 meters long, and lived in the Morrison Formation, about 150 million years ago, in the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic. It lived alongside many famous dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Camarasaurus, Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Ornitholestes, Stegosaurus, Camptosaurus, and Dryosaurus. 

Source: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othnielia