Alcovasaurus

Alcova lizard

• Alcova · Place name (English) · Alcova, Wyoming, USA
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Alcova, the area in Natrona County, Wyoming, near where the fossil was found, with the Greek word for lizard. It means "lizard from Alcova". The only species, A. longispinus, was first described as Stegosaurus longispinus by Gilmore in 1914 and was moved to its own genus in 2016.

Named by

Galton and Carpenter

Year named

2016

Period

Late Jurassic

Found in

Morrison Formation, near Alcova, Wyoming, USA

A stegosaurid known from limited material, formerly Stegosaurus longispinus. Some researchers doubt that it is distinct from Stegosaurus, so its validity is debated.