sauro-, saur-, -saurus, -saurid, -saur, -sauria, -saurian
(Greek: lizard, reptile, serpent; used especially with reference to “dinosaurs”)
Vectisaurus
A “bar lizard” from Early Cretaceous Isle of Wight, England. It is also known as, “spike lizard” or “Isle of Wight lizard”. Named by J. W. Hulke in 1879.
Velocisaurus
A “swift lizard” from Late Cretaceous South America. Named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1991.
Vjushkovisaurus
A “Vyushkov’s lizard” from Middle Triassic Russia. It was named in honor of Boris Pavlovich V’yushkov (1926-1958), a Russian vertebrate paleontologust, for a form found in the Donguz River region of the southern Urals region of Russia. Named by Russian paleontologist V. G. Ochev in 1982.
Wannanosaurus
“Wannan lizard” from Early Cretaceous China. It was named for the Chinese provinnce where its incomplete skeleton was found. Named by Chinese paleontologist Lianhai Hou in 1977.
Woolungasaurus
“Woolunga lizard” from Early Cretaceous Australia. This fossil was named for the Woolunga, a reptile-like beast in Australian aboriginal mythology. It was found near Glendower Station, Prairie, North Central Queensland, Australia. It was not a dinosaur.
Wuerhosaurus
A “Wuerho lizard” from Early Cretaceous Wuerho District, Sinkiang, northwest China. Named by the Chinese dinosaurologist and paleontologist Zhiming Dong in 1973.
Xenotarsosaurus
A “strange-ankle lizard” from Late Cretaceous Argentina. Named by Argentinian paleontologists Rubén Martinez, Olga Giménez, Rodriguez, and Graciela Bochatey in 1986.
Xiaosaurus
From Middle Jurassic Dashanpu quarry, China; meaning, “small lizard”. Named by Chinese paleontologists Zhiming Dong and Tang Zhilu in 1983.
Xuanhanosaurus
A “Xuanhan lizard” from Middle Jurassic China. It was named for Xuanhan County, in China, by Chinese paleontologist Zhiming Dong in 1984.
Xuanhuasaurus
A dinosaur from Early Cretaceous China and named by Chinese paleontologist Zijin Zhao in 1986.
Yaleosaurus
This nomenclature (“Yale [University] lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Anchisaurus. Named by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1932.
Yandusaurus
"Yangdu lizard" from Middle Jurassic China. Named for the "Salt Capital" of Sichuan Province in China by Chinese paleontologists Zhiming Dong, Dr. Mee-Mann Chang, Li Jinling, and Shiwu Zhou in 1978.
Yangchuanosaurus
“Yang-ch’uan lizard” from Late Jurassic China. Named by Chinese paleontologists Zhiming Dong, Dr. Mee-Mann Chang, Li Jinling, and Shiwu Zhou in 1978.
Yimenosaurus
A “Yimen lizard”, a new genus of prosauropod from Early Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation in Yimen County (Yuxi region) of Yunnan Province [Yunnan Yimen yuanxijiao lei yi xin shu]. Named by Bai Ziqi, Yang Jie, and Wang Guohui in 1990.
Yunnanosaurus
This nomenclature (“Yunnan Province lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Lufengosaurus. Named by Chinese paleontologist Yang Zhong-jian (also known as: Chung Chien Young) in 1942.
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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