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iOhmdenosaurus Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil) </div>
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Family: Vulcanodontidae Genus: Ohmdenosaurus Species: O. liasicus
Binomial name
Ohmdenosaurus liasicus Wild, 1978

Ohmdenosaurus (meaning "Ohmden lizard") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was a very small (4 meters long) vulcanodont sauropod which lived in Germany. Only a couple of fragmentary leg bones were found.

The type species is O. liasicus, described in 1978 by Wild.

[edit] References

• http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6c150.htm
• http://www.jpinstitute.com/dinopedia/dino_factcards/dfohmde.html
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexo.shtmlit:Ohmdenosaurus liasicus