Geranosaurus

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Geranosaurus
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Heterodontosauridae
Genus: Geranosaurus
Binomial name
Geranosaurus atavus
Broom, 1911

Geranosaurus (meaning "crane reptile") is the name given to a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. Its only known fossil is a jaw discovered in South Africa. Because of the few remains, it is considered a nomen dubium. It is classified as an ornithischian based on the jaw.

The type species, Geranosaurus atavus, was described by Broom in 1911.

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