Krzyzanowskisaurus

Krzyzanowski's lizard

• Krzyzanowski · Polish surname · surname of the person honoured
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the surname Krzyzanowski, honouring a person of that name connected with Triassic fossil work in the southwestern USA, with the Greek word for lizard. It was coined as a new genus for teeth that had earlier been placed in Revueltosaurus. The species is Krzyzanowskisaurus hunti.

Named by

Heckert

Year named

2005

Period

Late Triassic

Stage

Norian

Found in

Chinle Group, southwestern USA (Arizona and New Mexico)

Not a true dinosaur. It was first described from teeth as an ornithischian dinosaur (as Revueltosaurus hunti), but Revueltosaurus and its relatives are now regarded as pseudosuchian archosaurs, related to the crocodile line. It is known mostly from teeth and fragmentary remains. I am unsure of the full details of the person honoured.