Siluosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Genus: | †Siluosaurus Dong, 1997 |
Species: | †S. zhanggiani
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Binomial name | |
†Siluosaurus zhanggiani Dong, 1997
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Siluosaurus (meaning "Silu (Chinese for Silk Road, referring to the discovery location) lizard"[1]) is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Barremian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Xinminbao Group of Gansu, China. It is based on the specimen IVPP V.11117 (1-2), which consists of two teeth. It is an obscure genus, with no papers doing more than mentioning it since it was described in 1997.[1] The type species is S. zhanggiani.[1]