Aachenosaurus multidens

Aachenosaurus multidens Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84 Ma PreЄ Є Є O O S S D D C C P P T T J J K K Pg Pg N N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Genus:	Aachenosaurus Smets
Species:	A. multidens
Binomial name
Aachenosaurus multidens Smets
Synonyms
Aachenoxylon Hovelacque

Aachenosaurus is a dubious genus of prehistoric plant. It was named based solely on fossilized fragments of material that were originally thought to be jaw fragments from a duck-billed dinosaur (a hadrosaur). However, the fossils turned out to be petrified wood, to the great embarrassment of the discoverer. The fossil's name means "Aachen lizard", named for the Aachenian deposits of Moresnet (which was a neutral territory between Belgium and Germany), where the fossils were found.

Other names

A synonym of Aachenosaurus is Aachenoxylon, which was coined by Dr Maurice Hovelacque in 1889/1890.

References

External links

• Aachenosaurus
• Aachenosaurus at DinoData
• uBio listing
• Nomenclator Zoologicus listing

See also

• Succinodon

Projects
This article is part of Project Plantae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each plant, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Extinct, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each extinct species, including made-up species. File:Gingko-Blaetter.jpg This article is part of Project Monotypic Plant Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each monotypic plant genus, including made-up genera.