Emausaurus
EM-ow-SORE-us /ˌɛmaʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University lizard
- EMA · German (acronym) · Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Emausaurus honours the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald in Germany, abbreviated "EMA", which is where the fossil was studied and housed. The name combines this abbreviation with the Greek word for "lizard". The type species is Emausaurus ernsti.
- Named by
- Haubold
- Year named
- 1990
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Stage
- Toarcian
- Found in
- Near Grimmen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northeastern Germany
A small, early armoured dinosaur (a basal thyreophoran, related to the lineage leading to stegosaurs and ankylosaurs). It is known from a single partial skeleton with skull material.