Craterosaurus

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iCraterosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Thyreophora
Family: Stegosauridae
Genus: Craterosaurus
Species
  • Craterosaurus pottonensis (type)

Craterosaurus was a genus of dinosaur, specifically a stegosaur. It lived during the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in England. It may actually be a junior synonym of Regnosaurus, but only a few fossils have been found.

The type (and only) species is Craterosaurus pottonensis, from 1874.

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