Bayannurosaurus
Name:
Bayannurosaurus
(Bayannur lizard).
Phonetic: Ba-yan-nu-ro-sor-us.
Named By: X. Xu, Q.-W. Tan, Y.-L. Gao,
Z.-Q. Bao, Z.-G. Yin, B. Guo, J.-Y. Wang, L. Tan,
Y.-G. Zhang & H. Xing - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Styracosterna.
Species: B. perfectus
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Skull about 80 centimetres long. Body
length estimated between 8 and 10 meters long.
Known locations: China - Bayingebi Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull.
Bayannurosaurus
is a genus of iguanodont dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early
Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A large-sized basal
ankylopollexian from East Asia, shedding light on early biogeographic
history of Iguanodontia. - Science Bulletin 63:556-563. - X.
Xu, Q.-W. Tan, Y.-L. Gao, Z.-Q. Bao, Z.-G. Yin, B.
Guo, J.-Y. Wang, L. Tan, Y.-G. Zhang & H.
Xing
- 2018.
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