Koreanosaurus

Korea lizard

• Korean(o) · English/Latinised · Korea, Korean
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Korea" with the Greek "sauros" (lizard), meaning "Korean lizard". It was chosen because the fossils come from South Korea, and the animal was among the first non-avian dinosaur skeletons of its kind described from the country. The type species is Koreanosaurus boseongensis, named after Boseong County where it was found.

Named by

Huh et al.

Year named

2011

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Seonso Conglomerate (Seonso Formation), Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea

A small, bipedal herbivorous ornithopod, usually regarded as a basal neornithischian/euornithopod; its exact position within Ornithopoda is debated. The precise age of the formation is somewhat uncertain.