Darwinsaurus

dar-WIN-sore-us /dɑrˌwɪnˈsɔːrəs/

Darwin's lizard

  • Darwin · Modern English (surname) · Charles Darwin, the naturalist
  • sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the surname of Charles Darwin, the naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection, with the Greek word for "lizard". It honours Darwin. I am not certain of the details of its publication.

I believe this is an iguanodontian from the Early Cretaceous Wealden of England, but I am unsure of the author, year and current taxonomic status (it may be a synonym of another genus). Please verify these details in a primary source.