Albizaur ( Latin Albisaurus , from albi - the name of the Elba River and sauros - lizard, literally - the lizard of the Elba River) - a dinosaur genus described by Czech paleontologist Antonin Fritsch in 1893. It includes a single species - Albisaurus albinus [2] . Fossil remains are so scattered that neither the term of the taxon nor the treasure to which it belongs can be established on their basis. Among paleontologists there is an opinion that the genus is not a dinosaur, but a less advanced archosaur.
| † Albisaurus |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Archosauromorphs |
| No rank : | Archosauriformes |
| Infrastructure : | † Ornithopods |
| Parvotryad : | † Iguanodonts |
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| International scientific name |
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Albisaurus Fritsch , 1905 |
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† Albisaurus albinus (Fritsch, 1893) - synonym [1] :
- Iguanodon albinus fritsch , 1893
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Fossils were found in western Bohemia , in the Elba River system. Antonin Fritsch originally published his find under the name Iguanodon Albina ( Iguanodon albinus ). However, in 1893, after reevaluating the fossil, he decided that the remains are different from the remains of the iguanodon. In 1905, he published a new name for this species - Albisaurus scutifer . However, Iguanodon albinus has priority, and therefore the correct name of the species is Albisaurus albinus .
In 2014, David Bruce Norman, in his study of iguanodonts, declared both the species Albisaurus scutifer and the genus Albisaurus nomen dubium within the Iguanodontia clade [3] .