Burianosaurus

Bu-re-an-o-sor-us.
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Emerson Winslow

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Name

Burianosaurus ‭(‬Burians‭’ ‬lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Bu-re-an-o-sor-us.

Named By

D.‭ ‬Madzia,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Boyd‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Mazuch‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬augustai‭

Size

Holotype femur roughly about‭ ‬46‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Czech Republic.

Time Period

Late Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Femur.

In Depth

       Burianosaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Europe during the earlier part of the late Cretaceous. Burianosaurus is named after palaeoartist Zdeněk Burian.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Cenomanian of the Czech Republic.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Systematic Palaeontology‭ ‬16‭(‬11‭)‬:967-979.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Madzia,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Boyd‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Mazuch‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

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