Crichtonsaurus
| Crichtonsaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed skeleton, Anhui Geological Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Ankylosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Ankylosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Crichtonsaurus Dong, 2002 |
| Species: | †C. bohlini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Crichtonsaurus bohlini Dong, 2002 | |
Crichtonsaurus (meaning "Crichton's lizard") is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now China. It was named after Michael Crichton, the author of the dinosaur novel Jurassic Park. A sister taxon was discovered, C. benxiensis, which is now identified as a separate genus.
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