Burianosaurus

Burian's lizard

• Burian · Czech (surname) · Zdeněk Burian, Czech palaeoartist
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Burianosaurus honours Zdeněk Burian, the famous Czech palaeoartist whose paintings of prehistoric life shaped how many people pictured dinosaurs. The second part is the Greek word for "lizard". The type species, B. augustai, honours the Czech palaeontologist Josef Augusta, who worked with Burian.

Named by

Madzia, Boyd and Mazuch

Year named

2018

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Cenomanian

Found in

Peruc-Korycany Formation, Czech Republic

A medium-sized ornithopod (ornithischian) dinosaur known from fragmentary remains. It is regarded as one of the few dinosaurs named from the Czech Republic. Details of its exact placement within Ornithopoda are less certain than the naming facts.