Zephyrosaurus

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iZephyrosaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Family: Hypsilophodontidae
Genus: Zephyrosaurus
Binomial name
Zephyrosaurus schaffi
Sues, 1980

Zephyrosaurus (meaning "westward wind lizard") was an ornithopod dinosaur. Its fossils were found in strata dating to the early Cretaceous. The type species, Zephyrosaurus schaffi was described by Sues in 1980. The fossils include one partial skeleton, found in Montana, United States.

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