Jaxartosaurus

Jaxartes lizard (lizard of the Syr Darya river)

• Jaxartes · Greek (Latinised) · ancient name of the Syr Darya river
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name refers to the Jaxartes, the ancient Greek name for the Syr Darya river in Central Asia, near where the fossils were found in Kazakhstan. It was combined with the Greek word for lizard, giving "Jaxartes lizard". The type species is Jaxartosaurus aralensis, whose species name refers to the Aral region.

Named by

Riabinin

Year named

1937

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Syr Darya region, southern Kazakhstan</location> <parameter name="taxonomic_status">accepted

A hadrosaurid (lambeosaurine) from Central Asia, known from fragmentary remains, mainly skull material. Some researchers regard it as poorly diagnosed, so its validity and exact age are uncertain.