Emiliasaura

Emiliasaura
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous Valanginian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Clade: Rhabdodontomorpha
Genus: Emiliasaura
Coria et al., 2024
Species:
E. alessandrii
Binomial name
Emiliasaura alessandrii
Coria et al., 2024

Emiliasaura (meaning "Emilia's lizard") is a genus of rhabdodontomorph ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) Mulichinco Formation of Neuquén Province, Argentina. The type species is Emiliasaura alessandrii.[1]

  1. ^ Coria, R. A.; Cerda, A. A.; Escaso, F.; Baiano, M. A.; Bellardini, F.; Braun, A.; Coria, L. M.; Gutierrez, J. M.; Pino, D.; Windholz, G. J.; Currie, P. J.; Ortega, F. (2024). "First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from Patagonia". Cretaceous Research. 106027. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106027.