Elrhazosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elrhazosaurus (meaning "Elrhaz lizard") is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur, known from isolated bones found in Early Cretaceous rocks of Niger. These bones were initially thought to belong to a species of the related dryosaurid Valdosaurus, but have since been reclassified.
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Elrhazosaurus | |
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Femur of Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Family: | †Dryosauridae |
Genus: | †Elrhazosaurus Galton, 2009 |
Species: | †E. nigeriensis |
Binomial name | |
†Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis Galton, 2009 (Galton and Taquet, 1982) | |
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