Emausaurus
| Emausaurus Temporal range: Early Toarcian ~Tenuicostatum | |
|---|---|
| Dentary bone of Emausaurus ernsti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Genasauria |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Genus: | †Emausaurus Haubold, 1990 |
| Species: | †E. ernsti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Emausaurus ernsti Haubold, 1990 | |
Emausaurus is a genus of thyreophoran or armored dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Early Toarcian). Its fossils have been found in the Lehmhagen Member, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Emausaurus is the only known Toarcian thyreophoran, as well as the only dinosaur from the zone of the same age with a formal name.