Name:
Morrosaurus
(El Morro lizard).
Phonetic: Mor-row-sor-us.
Named By: S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, F.
E. Novas, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J. Motta, J.
M. Lirio, & M. P. Isasi - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithishcia, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia.
Species: M. antarcticus
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Antarctica - Snow Hill Island
Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Right hind leg.
Morrosaurus is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in Antarctica during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper
Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications.
Cretaceous Research 57:311-324. - S. Rozadilla, F. L.
Agnolin, F. E. Novas, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J.
Motta, J. M. Lirio, & M. P. Isasi - 2016.