Batyrosaurus

hero lizard

• batyr · Kazakh · hero, brave warrior
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Kazakh word "batyr", meaning hero or brave warrior, with the Greek word for lizard. It refers to the fossil's discovery in Kazakhstan, and "batyr" is a traditional title for heroes in Central Asian cultures. The type species, B. rozhdestvenskyi, honours the Russian paleontologist Anatoly Rozhdestvensky.

Named by

Godefroit et al.

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Bostobe Formation, Kazakhstan

A basal hadrosauroid (a duck-billed dinosaur relative) known from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. The exact stage range is uncertain and is left blank here.