Lanasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Lanasaurus"
fossil_range = Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
familia = Heterodontosauridae
genus = "Lanasaurus"
species = "L. scalpridens"
binomial = "Lanasaurus scalpridens"
binomial_authority = Gow, 1975

"Lanasaurus" (LAY-na-SAWR-us - Meaning "wooly lizard") ia an extinct genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Sinemurian ages). Found in Africa, the animal may have been 1.2 meters (4 feet) long. It was a heterodontosaurid ornithischian. The type species is "Lanasaurus scalpridens", described by Gow in 1975, and based on a partial jaw bone.

Some authorities, including Norman "et al.", consider "Lanasaurus" a specimen of "Lycorhinus".Norman, D.B., Sues, H.D., Witmer, L.M. and Coria, R.A.. (2004). "Basal Ornithopoda". In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmólska, and P. Dodson (eds.), "The Dinosauria" (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 393-412]

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External links

* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinol.htm Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide]
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a799fe.htm "Lanasaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia] at DinoRuss's Lair