Laosaurus

Laosaurus
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, 154–152 Ma
Pubis of Laosaurus (unknown species; possibly L. celer) in 1896
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Genus: Laosaurus
Marsh, 1878
Type species
Laosaurus celer
Species
  • L. celer Marsh, 1878 (type) (nomen dubium)
  • L. gracilis Marsh, 1878 (nomen dubium)
  • L. minimus Gilmore, 1924 (nomen dubium)

Laosaurus (meaning "stone or fossil lizard") is a genus of neornithischian dinosaur. The type species, Laosaurus celer, was first described by O.C. Marsh in 1878 from remains from the Oxfordian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming. The validity of this genus is doubtful because it is based on fragmentary fossils. A second species from the Morrison Formation, L. gracilis, and a species from the late Cretaceous Allison Formation of Alberta, Canada, Laosaurus minimus, are also considered dubious.