#genusaurus sisteronis

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Genusaurus sisteronis

Source: http://dinosaurs.wikia.com/wiki/Genusaurus

Name: Genusaurus sisteronis 

Name Meaning: Sisteron Knee Lizard

First Described: 1995 

Described By; Accarie et al. 

Classified: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Abelisauria, Noasauridae 

Genusaurus was a possible noasaurid, or abelisaurid, from the early Cretaceous. It is known from fossils found in France, near Sisteron, and is about 106 million years old, from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. It was about 9.8 feet long, and was originally assigned to the ceratosaur group. However, later analyses have placed it with such animals as Laevisuchus, Masiakasaurus, Noasaurus, and Velocisaurus, making it a Noasaurid and, therefore, an abelisaur, and furthermore, still a ceratosaur. It is only known due to partial remains. 

Sources: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genusaurus

http://dinosaurs.wikia.com/wiki/Genusaurus

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