Siluosaurus

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iSiluosaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Family: Hypsilophodontidae
Genus: Siluosaurus
Species: S. zhanggiani
Binomial name
Siluosaurus zhangqiani
Dong, 1997

Siluosaurus is the name of a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It is a tooth taxon discovered in China. Based on the teeth, it is believed to have been a very small ornithopod.

The type specimen, Siluosaurus zhangqiani, was described by Dong Zhiming in 1997.

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