Peishansaurus

Taxobox
name = "Peishansaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo =
infraordo =
familia =
genus = "Peishansaurus"
species = "P. philemys"
binomial = "Peishansaurus philemys"
binomial_authority = Bohlin, 1953

"Peishansaurus" (PAY-SHAHN-SAWR-us - meaning "North Mountain lizard") was a genus of plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage), roughly 97.5-65 million years ago.

"Peishansaurus" was named by Bohlin in 1953 from a fragmentary jaw with some teeth. The type species is "P. philemys". "Peishansaurus" is a doubtful genus; it is either an ankylosaur or a pachycephalosaur, but further details are unknown.

"Peishansaurus" is named after Peishan North Mountain in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

External References

* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinop.htm Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ornithischia.htm "Thescelosaurus"! page containing information about "Peishansaurus"]