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Appendix
Fabrosaurus
Taxon: Unknown
name means: “Fabre’s lizard,” to honor Jean Fabre,
a French geologist
pronounced: FAB-ruh-SAW-rus
size: 3 ft (1 m)
time: Early Jurassic
place: Africa
Identified from a partial segment of the lower right jaw and three
teeth (with the sockets for 9), this small plant eater was an ancient
member of the Ornithischia. The teeth are tiny, less than a tenth of
an inch long each, with narrow crowns and long, vertical roots. Fabrosaurus
appears to have been closely related to Lesothosaurus, and some researchers
suggest that the two may be members of the same genus. Most paleontologists
have concluded that the remains are too limited to make any clear determinations.
Frenguellisaurus
Taxon: Unknown
Name means: “Frenguelli’s lizard,” for Italian-born
paleontologist Dr. Joaquin
Frenguelli
Pronounced: fren-GWEL-uh-SAW-rus
Size: Unknown
Time: Late Triassic
Place: Argentina
This small to medium-sized carnivorous dinosaur had three hefty canine
teeth in its upper jaw and short teeth in its lower jaw. Some paleontologists
speculate that it is, in fact, a Herrerasaurus. With so little fossil
evidence, though, it is difficult to say anything for certain.
Fukuisaurus Invalid name
Fulengia
The name “Fulengia” was derived from an anagram for “Lufeng,”
the region of the Yunnan Province of China where the fossil was discovered.
This may be a juvenile prosauropod, possibly the same species as Lufengosaurus.
Fulgurotherium
Taxon: possibly Ornithopoda
name means: “lightning beast”
pronounced: FOOL-gur-o-THEE-re-um
size: Unknown
time: Early Cretaceous
place: Australia
Named for Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, this dinosaur fossil
was originally identified as a type of small theropod called a coelurosaurid.
It was later named and assigned to the Ornithopoda, although the accuracy
of that description, given the dinosaur’s fragmentary remains,
is considered somewhat doubtful.
Futabasaurus Invalid name. A possible early tyrannosauroid from Japan.
