Pronunciation: man-SOO-rah-SOR-us
Meaning: Mansaoura Lizard
Author/s: Sallam et al. (2018)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Dakhla Oasis, Egypt
Discovery Chart Position: #979
Mansourasaurus shahinae
(Shahin's Mansoura lizard)Etymology
Mansourasaurus is derived from "Mansoura" (for the University whose palaeontologists excavated and prepared the fossils) and the the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The species epithet, shahinae, honours Ms. Mona Shahin for her integral role in developing the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology (MUVP) initiative.
ZooBank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:81FD8987-8020-4C57-AABF-13DE9A9BB819.
Discovery
The remains of Mansourasaurus were discovered in the upper member of the Quseir Formation, north of the road between Mut and Balat at Dakhla Oasis, Egyptian Western Desert, during a Dr Hesham Sallam-led expedition from Egypt's Mansoura University.
The holotype (MUVP 200) includes parts of the skull, the lower jaw, neck and back vertebrae with associated ribs, most of a shoulder girdle and part of a forelimb, a partial foot, pieces of dermal plates, and several unidentified fragments.
