Ouranosaurus

Translingual

†Ouranosaurus nigeriensis life restoration
†Ouranosaurus nigeriensis 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 (protogenoi) and a Greek god of the sky) +‎ -saurus.

Proper noun

†Ouranosaurus

  1. A taxonomic genus within the clade †Hadrosauriformes – a herbivorous basal hadrosauriform dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous of modern-day Niger and Cameroon.

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