Coronosaurus

crown lizard

• corona · Latin · crown
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Coronosaurus combines the Latin word "corona" (crown) with the Greek "sauros" (lizard), giving "crown lizard". It is a horned dinosaur (a centrosaurine ceratopsid) that was first described as a species of Centrosaurus (C. brinkmani) and later moved to its own genus. I am not certain of the exact reason the authors chose "crown".

Named by

Ryan et al.

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada

The type species is Coronosaurus brinkmani, originally named Centrosaurus brinkmani. Some details (authorship and the reason for the name) are given from memory and should be verified.