sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur, -sauria, -saurian

A “Kelmayi lizard” from Early Cretaceous period and found in Sinkiang, Chinese Central Asia. Named by Chinese paleontologist Zhiming Dong in 1973.

A “pointed (spiked) lizard” from Late Jurassic Tendaguru, Tanzania, East Africa. This creature was formerly called Doryphorosaurus and Kentrurosaurus. Named by Edwin Hennig in 1915.

This nomenclature (“sharp-point tailed lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Kentrosaurus.

A “Kimmeridge lizard” from Late Jurassic Europe. Its name comes from Kimmeridgian Stage, Kimmeridge Clay, at Dorset, England. Named by paleontologist Barnum Brown (1873-1963) in 1981.

A “?? lizard” Named by Zijin Zhao in 1993.

A “Kota [Formations] lizard” from Early Jurassic India. Named by P. Yadagiri in 1988.

This nomenclature (“Noble lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Hadrosaurus or maybe Gryposaurus. Named by paleontologist Barnum Brown (1873-1963) in 1910.

A “Kronos lizard” from Early Cretaceous Australia and South America. Named for Kronos, a mythical giant Titan who ruled the universe before his son Zeus overthrew him. The name Kronosaurus queenslandicus was originally proposed by J. Heber Longman in 1924 for poorly preserved but very large lower jaw fragments found near Hughendend, Queensland, Australia in 1899. Another specimen of this fossil was found in Boyaca Province, Columbia, South America. It was discovered in Queensland in 1889 by A. Crombie and it was described and named by J. Heber Longman in 1924.

A very early lizard, not a dinosaur, from Late Triassic England. Named by Robert R. Reisz in 1981.

A “?? lizard” from ?? Named by Zijin Zhao in 1986.

This nomenclature (“greedy lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Allosaurus. Named by Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) in 1879.

“Lambe’s lizard” from Late Cretaceous Alberta, Montana, and Baja California. It was named to honor Lawrence M. Lambe, a Canadian fossil hunter, in 192
3. Formerly known as Stephanosaurus Named by William A. Parks in 1923.

“Lameta lizard” from Late Cretaceous Lameta beds of central India. Named by Charles A. Matley in 1923.

A “wool lizard” from Late Triassic (or perhaps Early Jurassic) Orange Free State, South Africa. Named by Christopher E. Gow in 1975.

A “?? lizard” from ?? Named by Zijin Zhao in 1986.