Einiosaurus

buffalo lizard

• eini · Blackfoot · buffalo (bison)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Blackfoot word "eini", meaning buffalo, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It was chosen in honour of the Blackfoot people of the region in Montana where the fossils were found, and because the animal's bones were found in great numbers in bonebeds, reminiscent of buffalo herds. The type species is Einiosaurus procurvicornis, referring to its forward-curving nasal horn.

Named by

Sampson

Year named

1995

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Two Medicine Formation, Montana, USA

A centrosaurine ceratopsid, known for its downward-curved nasal horn and a pair of bony projections on the frill. Known from bonebeds in the Two Medicine Formation.