Wintonopus latomorum

† Wintonopus latomorum is a Cretaceous ornithopod track ichnospecies from Queensland, Australia, one of the most famous Australian dinosaur trackways. These impressions, covering a large area of prehistoric lake bed, document an ornithopod community near ancient watering holes.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Wintonopus latomorum was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Wintonopus latomorum lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.