sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur, -sauria, -saurian +
(Greek: lizard, reptile, serpent; used especially with reference to “dinosaurs”)
Cryptosaurus
This nomenclature (“hidden lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Cryptodraco; meaning “hidden dragon” from Late Jurassic Cambridgeshire, England. Named by Harry Govier Seeley in 1869.
Ctenosauriscus
A “comb lizard” from Late Triassic Europe. Named by Oskar Kuhn in 1964.
Ctenosaurus
A “comb lizard” from Late Triassic Europe. Its name results from the tall, erect spines along its back; originally misclassified as a Triassic fin-backed Pelycosaur. Named by Oskar Kuhn in 1964 (or Friedrich von Huene in 1914?).
Dachongosaurus
(“??lizard”) Named by Zijin Zhao in 1986.
Damalasaurus
(“??lizard”) Named by Zijin Zhao in 1986.
Danubiosaurus
This nomenclature (“Danube River lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Struthiosaurus. Named by Emanuel Bunzel in 1871.
Daspletosaurus
A “frightful lizard” from Late Cretaceous Alberta, Canada. Named by Dale Alan Russell in 1970.
Datousaurus
A “Datou lizard” from Middle Jurassic Datou, a village in Sichuan Province, China. The name means, “chieftain (big head) lizard”. Named by Chinese paleontologists Zhiming Dong and Tang Zhilu in 1984.
Deltasaurus
A “river-delta lizard” that was an early amphibian, but
not a dinosaur. It was named by Cosgriff in 196
5. Fossils were found in Australia.
Another artistic version of how a dinosaur may have appeared.
Denversaurus
A “Denver lizard” from the Late Cretaceous period. A reference to the Denver Museum of Natural History, where the specimen was kept, before being identified as a distinct taxon. Named by U. S. paleontologist and dinosaur artist Robert T. Bakker in 1988.
Deuterosauropodopus
Means “second sauropod foot” from Early Jurassic period and is known only from fossilized footprints that were found near Lesotho, South Africa.
Dianchungosaurus
A “Central Yunnan lizard” from Early Jurassic China. Named for the Dianzhong Basin, central Yunnan Province, China. Named by Chinese paleontologist Yang Zhong-jian (also known as: Chung Chien Young) in 1982.
Dicraeosaurus
A “bifurcated (two-forked) (vertebrae) lizard” from the Late Jurassic period. Partial fossils were found in East Africa. Named by Verner Janensch in 1914.
Dilophosaurus
A “two-ridged (double crested) lizard” from Early Jurassic Arizona and China. Named by U. S. paleontologist Samuel Paul Welles in 1970.
Dimodosaurus
This nomenclature (“terrible lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Plateosaurus. Named by J. Pidancet and S. Chopard in 1962.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "snakes or other reptiles":
angui-;
coluber-;
herpeto-;
ophio-;
reptil-.
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