Silvisaurus
Sign in to saveSilvisaurus, from the Latin silva "woodland" and Greek sauros "lizard", is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous period. It is the only known dinosaur species named from terrestrial deposits in Kansas and was designated the official state land fossil in 2023.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Nodosauridae
- Image
- Silvisaurus.jpg
- Length
- 4.0
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Silvisaurus
- Commons category
- Silvisaurus
- start time
- 96000000-0
- end time
- 93500000-0
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- United States
- main food source
- herbivore
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Silvisaurus ist eine Gattung der Vogelbeckensaurier aus der Gruppe der Ankylosauria. Sie gehörte zu den Nodosauridae und lebte in der frühen Oberkreide in Nordamerika.
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