Peishansaurus

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Peishansaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Genus: Peishansaurus Species: P. philemys
Binomial name
Peishansaurus philemys Bohlin, 1953

Peishansaurus (PAY-SHAHN-SAWR-us - meaning "North Mountain lizard") was a genus of plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage), roughly 97.5-65 million years ago.

Peishansaurus was named by Bohlin in 1953 from a fragmentary jaw with some teeth. The type species is P. philemys. Peishansaurus is a doubtful genus; it is either an ankylosaur or a pachycephalosaur, but further details are unknown.

Peishansaurus is named after Peishan North Mountain in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

[edit] External References

• Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide
• Thescelosaurus! page containing information about Peishansaurus