Oplosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oplosaurus | |
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Illustration of the holotype tooth in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Genus: | †Oplosaurus Gervais, 1852 |
Species: | †O. armatus |
Binomial name | |
†Oplosaurus armatus Gervais, 1852 | |
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Oplosaurus (meaning "armed or weapon lizard" or "armoured lizard"; see below for discussion) was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Barremian-age Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England. It is known from a single tooth usually referred to the contemporaneous "wastebasket taxon" Pelorosaurus, although there is no solid evidence for this.