Hanssuesia

Hans Sues's (genus), in honour of Hans-Dieter Sues

• Hans-Dieter Sues · Personal name (German-born palaeontologi · honoree, a vertebrate palaeontologist
• -ia · Latin · Latinised suffix used for genus names that honour people

Hanssuesia is a patronym, a name that honours a person. It was named for the vertebrate palaeontologist Hans-Dieter Sues, who has studied pachycephalosaurs and other fossil reptiles. The name has no Greek or Latin root for "lizard". It is Sues's name with a Latinised ending.

Named by

Sullivan

Year named

2003

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Alberta, Canada (Late Cretaceous Belly River Group deposits, including the Dinosaur Park Formation)

Hanssuesia is a pachycephalosaurid, a "dome-headed" dinosaur. Its type species is Hanssuesia sternbergi, which was first described in 1943 as Troodon sternbergi. Its validity is debated. Some researchers treat it as a distinct genus, and others place the material in Stegoceras. The stage, location and pronunciation details are given with moderate confidence.