Atlascopcosaurus
AT-las-COP-koh-SORE-us /ˌætləsˌkɒpkoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Atlas Copco lizard
- Atlas Copco · Company name (Swedish) · mining and drilling equipment company that sponsored the excavations
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name honours Atlas Copco, a Swedish mining and drilling equipment company. It supported the Dinosaur Cove excavations in Victoria by supplying equipment. The company's name is combined with the Greek word for lizard, which is the standard ending for dinosaur names.
- Named by
- Rich and Rich
- Year named
- 1989
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stages
- Aptian – Albian
- Found in
- Eumeralla Formation, Victoria, Australia
A small plant-eating ornithopod known from fragmentary remains. The type species is Atlascopcosaurus loadsi.