Silvisaurus
Extinct species of reptile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Silvisaurus, from the Latin silva "woodland" and Greek sauros "lizard", is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous period. It is the only known dinosaur species found in Kansas and was designated the official state land fossil in 2023.[1]
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Silvisaurus | |
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Skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Nodosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Nodosaurinae |
Genus: | †Silvisaurus Eaton, 1960 |
Species: | †S. condrayi |
Binomial name | |
†Silvisaurus condrayi Eaton, 1960 | |
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