Genusaurus
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Genusaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Genusaurus sisterornis Accarie et al, 1995 |
Genusaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a ceratosaur possibly related to Carnotaurus. Its fossils were found in France.
The type species, Genusaurus sisteronis, is based on a partial skeleton, and was described by Accarie, Beaudoin, Dejax, Fries, Michard, and Taquet in 1995.