Rubeosaurus

red lizard

• rubeus · Latin · red
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Latin word for "red" with the Greek word for "lizard", so it means "red lizard". The genus was erected for the species originally described as Styracosaurus ovatus, a horned ceratopsian from Montana. I'm not certain of the exact reason the authors chose "red", so I haven't stated one.

Named by

McDonald and Horner

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Two Medicine Formation, Montana, USA

A centrosaurine ceratopsid. The type species is Rubeosaurus ovatus, originally named Styracosaurus ovatus by Gilmore in 1930. Some researchers have questioned whether it is distinct from Styracosaurus.