Ratchasimasaurus

Ratchasimasaurus
Temporal range: Aptian
~120–113 Ma
Mounted skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Clade: †Ornithopoda
Clade: †Iguanodontia
Genus: †Ratchasimasaurus
Shibata, Jintasakul, & Azuma, 2011
Type species
†Ratchasimasaurus suranareae
Shibata, Jintasakul, & Azuma, 2011
Different angle of the mounted skeleton

Ratchasimasaurus (meaning "Nakhon Ratchasima lizard") is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from Early Cretaceous (Aptian stage) Khok Kruat Formation of Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeastern Thailand. The type and only species is R. suranareae, named after Thao Suranari, a 19th-century war heroine.[1] It was considered by one study to be a nomen dubium, diagnosed with characters widespread in Styracosterna.[2]

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  2. ^ "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Iguanodontian Dinosaurs, with Implications from Ontogeny and an Examination of the Function of the Fused Carpal-Digit I Complex - ProQuest". ProQuest.