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.