Lanasaurus
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| Lanasaurus Fossil range: Early Jurassic |
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| Lanasaurus scalpridens Gow, 1975 |
Lanasaurus (LAY-na-SAWR-us - Meaning "wooly lizard") ia an extinct genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Sinemurian ages). Found in Africa, the animal may have been 1.2 meters (4 feet) long. It was a heterodontosaurid ornithischian. The type species is Lanasaurus scalpridens, described by Gow in 1975, and based on a partial jaw bone.
Some authorities, including Norman et al., consider Lanasaurus a specimen of Lycorhinus.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Norman, D.B., Sues, H.D., Witmer, L.M. and Coria, R.A.. (2004). "Basal Ornithopoda". In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmólska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 393-412
[edit] External links
- Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide
- Lanasaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia at DinoRuss's Lair
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