Ouranosaurus

Translingual vertical Ouranosaurus nigeriensis restoration.png †Ouranosaurus nigeriensis species life restoration Ouranosaurus MSNVE 3714.png †Ouranosaurus nigeriensis species skeleton Etymology A combination of ourane, a word with multiple meanings (an Arabic name that signifies valor, courage, recklessness; the Tuareg name of the desert monitor given by the Tuareg Berbers of Niger and Algeria; Uranus (Οὐρανός), a name of one of Greek primordial gods and a Greek god of the sky) mul -saurus. Proper noun †1 genus clade †Hadrosauriformes clade a herbivorous basal hadrosauriform dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous of modern-day Niger and Cameroon. Usage notes This genus previously belonged to the family †Iguanodontidae family. Hyponyms genus †Ouranosaurus nigeriensis species sole species References 1 1 1