Cryptosaurus

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Cryptosaurus Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Thyreophora Infraorder: Ankylosauria Family: uncertain Genus: Cryptosaurus Seeley, 1875
Binomial name
Cryptosaurus eumerus Seeley, 1875

Cryptosaurus ('hidden lizard') is known from a partial femur from the Late Jurassic of England. It is better known as Cryptodraco, which is an unnecessary replacement name. It is considered today to be an ankylosaurian of unknown affinities.

[edit] References

• http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a80701.htm
• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ankylosauria.htm