Peishansaurus
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| Peishansaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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| 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
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