Ignavusaurus

cowardly lizard

• ignavus · Latin · cowardly, lazy
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Latin "ignavus", meaning cowardly or lazy, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It was chosen as a "cowardly lizard" name for a small, probably timid early sauropodomorph. The only known species is Ignavusaurus rachelis.

Named by

Knoll

Year named

2010

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Upper Elliot Formation, Lesotho

A basal sauropodomorph known from a single, mostly juvenile skeleton. It was originally thought to belong to Massospondylus-like material before being described as its own genus.