Thescelosaurus

Thescelosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Reconstructed skeleton, Burpee Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Family:	†Thescelosauridae
Subfamily:	†Thescelosaurinae
Genus:	†Thescelosaurus Gilmore, 1913
Type species
†Thescelosaurus neglectus Gilmore, 1913
Species
†T. neglectus Gilmore, 1913 †T. garbanii Morris, 1976 †T. assiniboiensis Brown, Boyd, & Russell, 2011
Synonyms
Bugenasaura Galton, 1995

†T. neglectus Gilmore, 1913
†T. garbanii Morris, 1976
†T. assiniboiensis Brown, Boyd, & Russell, 2011

Bugenasaura Galton, 1995

Thescelosaurus (/ˌθɛsᵻləˈsɔːrəs/ THESS-il-ə-SOR-əs; ancient Greek θέσκελος-/theskelos- meaning "godlike", "marvelous", or "wondrous" and σαυρος/sauros "lizard") was a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that appeared at the very end of the Late Cretaceous period in North America. It was a member of the last dinosaurian fauna before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event around 66 million years ago. The preservation and completeness of many of its specimens indicate that it may have preferred to live near streams.