Theiophytalia
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Theiophytalia is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur. Its holotype is a partial skull from the Lower Cretaceous of the United States (Brill & Carpenter, 2006). The article describing the find classified Theiophytalia as a camptosaur. The type species is Theiophytalia kerri.
The etymology of the generic name is, from Greek, theoi; "gods" + Greek phyton (phyt-); "plants, vegetation" suggesting a garden + Latin -al; "suitable for" + -ia, a Latin noun suffix ending, or "garden of the gods". The specific name kerri honors James Kerr, who found the specimen.
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Brill, K., and K. Carpenter. 2006. A description of a new ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a reassessment of the skull of Camptosaurus; pp. 49-67 in K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
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