Albisaurus

Albisaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Genus: †Albisaurus
Fritsch, 1905
Species:
†A. albinus
Binomial name
Albisaurus albinus
(Fritsch, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Iguanodon albinus Fritsch, 1892
  • Albisaurus scutifer Fritsch, 1905

Albisaurus is an extinct archosaur known from fossils discovered in the Czech Republic and was related to Ponerosteus. It was once wrongly known as Iguanodon, a 'wastebasket taxon'.


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