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SILVISAURUS
(sil-ve-sore-us)
meaning: "Woodland lizard"
Silvisaurus
Named By: Theodore H. Eaton Jr in 1960
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 96-93.5 Ma
Location: USA, Kansas - Dakota Formation
Size: Skull 25 centimetres long. Body estimated to be about 4 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial skeleton, skull and mandible
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Ankylosauria | Nodosauridae |
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Silvisaurus, from the Latin silva "woodland" and Greek sauros "lizard", is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the middle Cretaceous of Kansas.

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