Bonapartesaurus
boh-nah-PAR-tay-SORE-us /boʊˌnɑːpɑːrˌteɪˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Bonaparte's lizard
- Bonaparte · Surname (Latinised) · José F. Bonaparte, Argentine palaeontologist
- saurus · Greek · lizard
The name honours José Fernando Bonaparte, the Argentine palaeontologist who made major contributions to the study of South American dinosaurs. It combines his surname with the Greek word for lizard. The type species is Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis, with the species name referring to Río Negro Province, where it was found.
- Named by
- Cruzado-Caballero and Powell
- Year named
- 2017
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stages
- Campanian – Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Allen Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina
A hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur) from Patagonia. Its fossils were previously referred to other hadrosaurids before being given their own genus.