Hungarosaurus

Hungarian lizard

• Hungaro- · Latinized from Hungary · Hungary / Hungarian
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Hungarosaurus means "Hungarian lizard". It was named for Hungary, the country where its fossils were found, combined with the Greek word for lizard. It is an armoured nodosaurid ankylosaur and one of the best-known dinosaurs from Hungary.

Named by

Ősi

Year named

2005

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Csehbánya Formation, Iharkút, Bakony Mountains, Veszprém County, Hungary

Type species is Hungarosaurus tormai. It is a nodosaurid ankylosaur, among the earliest-known and most complete European nodosaurids.