Mierasaurus

Miera's lizard

• Miera · Spanish (surname) · after Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, 18th-century cartographer
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Mierasaurus was named in honour of Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, a Spanish cartographer who mapped parts of the American Southwest, including Utah, during the 1776 Domínguez–Escalante expedition. The second part is the Greek word for "lizard", the usual ending for dinosaur names. The only known species, M. bobyoungi, honours Bob Young.

Named by

Royo-Torres et al.

Year named

2017

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Yellow Cat Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA

A sauropod belonging to the Turiasauria, a group otherwise mostly known from Europe, Africa and Asia. It is notable as the first turiasaur known from North America.