Elrhazosaurus

Elrhazosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~115 Ma
Femur of Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Dryosauridae
Genus: Elrhazosaurus
Galton, 2009
Species:
E. nigeriensis
Binomial name
Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis
Galton, 2009 (Galton and Taquet, 1982)
Synonyms

Elrhazosaurus (meaning "Elrhaz lizard") is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur, known from isolated bones found in Early Cretaceous rocks of Niger. These bones were initially thought to belong to a species of the related dryosaurid Valdosaurus, but have since been reclassified.