Haestasaurus

Hastings lizard

• Haesta · Old English (Anglo-Saxon) · from Hæstingas, the Anglo-Saxon people of the Hastings area
• saurus · Greek · lizard

Haestasaurus means "Hastings lizard". The first part refers to the Haestingas, the Anglo-Saxon tribe that gave the town of Hastings in East Sussex, England, its name. The fossils come from the Hastings area, so the name honours the place of discovery.

Named by

Upchurch, Mannion and Taylor

Year named

2015

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Valanginian

Found in

Wadhurst Clay Formation (Hastings Group), near Hastings, East Sussex, England

A sauropod (a titanosauriform). The type species, Haestasaurus becklesii, was originally described by Mantell in 1852 as Pelorosaurus becklesii and was moved to its own genus in 2015.