Arkansaurus

Arkansas lizard

• Arkansas · English (place name) · the U.S. state of Arkansas
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Arkansaurus means "Arkansas lizard". It was named after the U.S. state of Arkansas, where the fossils (a partial hand, found in the 1970s) were discovered. It is the first dinosaur genus named from Arkansas. The species name, A. fridayi, honours Joe Friday, who found the specimen.

Named by

Hunt and Quinn

Year named

2018

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Trinity Group, Sevier County, Arkansas, USA

Valid genus, known from a single partial hand and considered an ornithomimosaur (ostrich-mimic theropod). The type species is Arkansaurus fridayi. Exact stage and some details are not given because I'm not certain of them.