Embasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Embasaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
genus = "Embasaurus"
species = "E. minax"
binomial = "Embasaurus minax"

"Embasaurus" (meaning "Emba lizard") is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a theropod; the fossils were found in Kazakhstan in central Asia. As it is known only from two fragmentary vertebrae, "Embasaurus" is considered a "nomen dubium": a dubious name. It is named after the Emba River, and is believed to have lived during the Berriasian stage, around 140 million years ago. The type species, "Embasaurus minax", was described by prolific Soviet paleontologist Anatoly Riabinin in 1931.

References

* Riabinin, A.N. (1931). "Two dinosaurian vertebrae from the Lower Cretaceous of Transcaspian Steppes". "Zapiski Russkogo Min. Obshchestva" (ser. 2) 60: 110-113.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a8edf6.htm "Embasaurus"] in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6503&Itemid=67 "Embasaurus"] from DinoData.org
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/theropoda.htm Theropoda]