Amurosaurus

Amur lizard

• Amur · Place name (Amur region/river, Russia) · the Amur region where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Amurosaurus is named after the Amur region of far-eastern Russia, where its fossils were found, and the Greek word for lizard. The Amur region is itself named for the Amur River. The type species is A. riabinini.

Named by

Bolotsky and Kurzanov

Year named

1991

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Udurchukan Formation, Amur Oblast, Russia

A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur). The exact age of the Udurchukan Formation is somewhat debated, so the stage given here is approximate.