Pawpawsaurus
PAW-paw-SORE-us /ˌpɔːpɔːˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Pawpaw lizard
- Pawpaw · English (place name) · the Pawpaw Formation, Texas
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Pawpawsaurus is named after the Pawpaw Formation of north Texas, the rock unit where its fossil skull was found. The name combines "Pawpaw" with the Greek word for lizard. It follows the usual pattern of naming a dinosaur after the formation it came from.
- Named by
- Lee
- Year named
- 1996
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Albian
- Found in
- Pawpaw Formation, Texas, USA
An armoured ankylosaur (nodosaurid) known mainly from a well-preserved skull. The type species is Pawpawsaurus campbelli.