Callovosaurus definitions

Search

Callovosaurus

Callovosaurus logo #21000 Callovosaurus (meaning `Callovian lizard`) is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur known from most of a left thigh bone discovered in Middle Jurassic-age rocks of England. At times, it has been considered dubious or a valid genus of basal iguanodontian, perhaps a dryosaurid. ==History and description== Callovosaurus is based on BMNH R1993, a nearly.....
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callovosaurus

Callovosaurus

Callovosaurus logo #20023Callovosaurus meaning Callovian [the name of a mid-Jurassic period] lizard) was an iguanodontid, an ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaur dating from the middle Jurassic period , about 166 million years ago. This plant-eater was about 11.5 ft (3.5 m) long, weighing about 550 pounds (250 kg). Callovosaurus is known from fragmentary fossils found in O...
Found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/

Callovosaurus

Callovosaurus logo #21009Callovosaurus “Callovian lizard” from Middle Jurassic England. Named in 1980 for the Callovian rock bed from which its thigh bone came. Its name comes from the Latin (Callovium) for Chalivoy-Milon, France, which is the source of the term “Callovian-period”. Named by Canadian paleontologist Philip J. Currie in 1980.
Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2727/6
No exact match found.