Siluosaurus
| Siluosaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Genus: | †Siluosaurus Dong, 1997 |
| Species: | †S. zhanggiani |
| Binomial name | |
| †Siluosaurus zhanggiani Dong, 1997 | |
Siluosaurus (meaning "Silu (Chinese for Silk Road, referring to the discovery location) lizard") is a genus of ornithischian dinosaur from the Barremian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Xinminbao Group of Gansu, China. It is based on the specimen IVPP V.11117 (1-2), which consists of two teeth. It is an obscure genus, with no papers doing more than mentioning it since it was described in 1997. The type species is S. zhanggiani.