Hierosaurus

Hierosaurus

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Hierosaurus Fossil range: Cretaceous (Late Campanian)
Scientific classification
Class	Reptilia
Subclass	Diapsida
Superorder	Dinosauria
Order	Ornithischia
Suborder	Thyreophora
Infraorder	Ankylosauria
Family	Nodosauridae
Genus	Hierosaurus Wieland, 1909
Species	H. sternbergi (type) (Nomina Dubia)

Hierosaurus is a dubious genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Niobrara Chalk Formation, Kansas. The type specimen is based on 6 dermal plates. Its name means "sacred lizard", although the reason for the name is unclear.

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