Venenosaurus
veh-NEN-oh-SORE-us /vɛˌnɛnəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
poison lizard
- venenum · Latin · poison
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Venenosaurus combines the Latin "venenum" (poison) with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It refers to the Poison Strip Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah, where the fossils were found. The Poison Strip is a local landmark, so the name means "poison strip lizard".
- Named by
- Tidwell, Carpenter and Meyer
- Year named
- 2001
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Poison Strip Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA
A titanosauriform sauropod. The type species is Venenosaurus dalyi.