Thescelosaurus
THESS-eh-loh-SORE-us /ˌθɛsɛloʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
marvelous lizard
- thescelos · Greek · marvelous, wonderful
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name comes from Greek "thescelos" (marvelous, wonderful) and "sauros" (lizard). Charles W. Gilmore chose it in 1913 for the remarkable, well-preserved fossil specimen from Wyoming, which he regarded as a wonderful find.
- Named by
- Gilmore
- Year named
- 1913
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Hell Creek, Lance and Frenchman Formations of western North America (e.g. Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Alberta)
A small-bodied bipedal herbivorous neornithischian ornithopod-grade dinosaur. The type species is T. neglectus. Its exact relationships within Ornithischia are debated.