Name:
Bihariosaurus
(Bihor liazrd).
Phonetic: Be-har-e-o-sor-us.
Named By: F. Marinescu - 1989.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Iguanodontia.
Species: B. bauxiticus
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Romania - Lower Bauxite
Formation.
Time period: Berriasian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Bihariosaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Europe during the early Cretaceous. However some researchers have pointed out that there are no clearly distinctive features seen in current Bihariosaurus fossils other than what can be commonly seen in other ornithopod genera. Bihariosaurus is noted a being similar to Camptosaurus.
Further reading
- Lentila de bauxita 204 de la Brusturi-Cornet (Jud.
Bihor), zacamint fosilifer cu dinozauri [Bauxite lens 204
from Brusturi-Cornet (Bihor Co.), fossil excavation with
dinosaurs]. - Ocrotirea Naturii si a Mediului Inconjurator
33(2):125-133. - F. Marinescu - 1989.
- Iguanodontian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous Bauxite site from
Romania. - Acta Paleontologica Romaniae 4: 431–439. - E.
Posmoşanu - 2003.
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