Sarahsaurus
SAIR-uh-SORE-us /ˌsɛrəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Sarah's lizard
- Sarah · English (personal name) · Sarah Rowe, the person honoured
- saurus · Greek · lizard
Sarahsaurus is a name made from a personal name plus the Greek word for lizard. The first part honours Sarah Rowe, the mother of Timothy Rowe, the palaeontologist who led the team that described it. The type species is Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis. It was an early sauropodomorph, a relative of the long-necked sauropods.
- Named by
- Rowe et al.
- Year named
- 2011
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Found in
- Kayenta Formation, Arizona, USA
An early sauropodomorph (a massospondylid). The species name aurifontanalis refers to Gold Spring, the locality where it was found.