Denversaurus
DEN-ver-SORE-us /ˌdɛnvərˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Denver lizard
- Denver · English (place name) · the city of Denver, Colorado, home of the Denver Museum of Natural History
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name means "Denver lizard". Robert Bakker coined it to honour the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) in Colorado, which housed the specimen. The name does not refer to where the fossil was found, which was in South Dakota.
- Named by
- Bakker
- Year named
- 1988
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Lance Formation, South Dakota, USA
A nodosaurid ankylosaur. The type species is Denversaurus schlessmani. Its status is disputed. Some authors treat it as a junior synonym of Edmontonia, and others regard it as a distinct genus. It is listed here as accepted, but this is not settled.