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Lurdusaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Infraorder: Iguanodontia
Family: Iguanodontidae
Genus: Lurdusaurus
Taquet and Russell (1999)
Species
Lurdusaurus arenatus (type species)
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Lurdusaurus is a genus of dinosaur which lived in the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Niger. The type species, Lurdusaurus arenatus, was formalized by Taquet and Russell in 1999; previously, the animal was known informally as "Gravisaurus tenerensis". Like many iguanodonts, this genus had spikes on its thumbs.
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