Dorsetisaurus

Dorsetisaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Genus:†Dorsetisaurus
Species
  • D. hebetidens
  • D. purbeckensis

Dorsetisaurus is a genus of extinct lizard from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Lulworth Formation of the Purbeck Group of Durlston Bay, in Dorset. It has also been reported from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and Morrison Formation of Western North America.,[1] present in stratigraphic zones 2, 4, and 5.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Table 2.1: Fossil Vertebrates of the Morrison Formation." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 58-59.
  2. ↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Enneabatrachus hechti" Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. p. 137.


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