Ratchasimasaurus
Name:
Ratchasimasaurus
(Ratchasima lizard).
Phonetic: Rat-chas-em-a-sore-us.
Named By: Masateru Shibata, Pratueng Jintasakul
& Yoichi Azuma - 2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Igaunodontia.
Species: R. suranareae
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima
Province - Khok Kruat Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Dentary (lower jaw).
Although very little is known about this dinosaur, the dentary which has been used to establish the genus is noted as having a flat ramus. Ratchasimasaurus is thought to been an igaunodont, which in the loosest terms means that it was related to dinosaurs like Igaunodon.
Further reading
- A New Iguanodontian Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat
Formation, Nakhon Ratchasima in Northeastern Thailand, Masateru
Shibata, Pratueng Jintasakul & Yoichi Azuma - 2011.
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