Leipsanosaurus

remains lizard (relic lizard)

• leipsanon · Greek · remains, relic
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Greek "leipsanon" (remains, relic) with "sauros" (lizard), so it means "remains lizard" or "relic lizard". It refers to the fragmentary remains on which the genus was based. The type species, L. noricus, was named after Noricum, the Roman province covering part of what is now Austria, where the fossils were found.

Named by

Nopcsa

Year named

1918

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Gosau Group, Grünbach am Schneeberg, Austria

Leipsanosaurus is a nodosaurid ankylosaur known from fragmentary material. Its status is debated: it is often treated as a doubtful name (nomen dubium), and some researchers have suggested it may be related to or synonymous with Struthiosaurus. The stage, status and etymology details are given with moderate confidence.