Cretaceous
Pawpawsaurus
Pawpawsaurus campbelli
The catalogue presents Pawpawsaurus as a herbivore member of Nodosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 100.0–96.0 Ma. Its estimated range is 4.5 m in length and 700 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Paw Paw Formation, Texas, USA. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Pawpawsaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Lee (1996).
The PBDB places it in Nodosauridae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Nodosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Nodosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Albian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Paw Paw Formation (1). Provenance: United States.
The catalogue records the holotype as SMU 73203 and the type locality as “Paw Paw Formation, Texas, USA”.
- SMU 73203
- Paw Paw Formation, Texas, USA
The catalogue's reference measurements are 4.5 m in length and 700 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 4.5 m
- 700 kg
The record gathers 24 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Weight
- 700 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 100.0–96.0 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1994
- Described by
- Lee Yuong-Nam
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Nodosauridae
- Genus
- Pawpawsaurus
- Species
- P. campbelli
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- SMU 73203
- Type locality
- Paw Paw Formation, Texas, USA