Silvisaurus

forest lizard

• silva · Latin · forest, woodland
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Latin word "silva", meaning forest or woodland, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It means "forest lizard". It refers to the wooded environment in which this armoured dinosaur is thought to have lived. The type species is Silvisaurus condrayi.

Named by

Eaton

Year named

1960

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Albian

Found in

Dakota Formation, Kansas, USA

A valid genus of nodosaurid ankylosaur (armoured dinosaur). Known from a fairly complete skull and partial skeleton.