Burianosaurus

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.
Species: B.‭ ‬augustai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Holotype femur roughly about‭ ‬46‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Czech Republic.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Femur.

       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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