Abrictosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄβρικτος (ábriktos, “wakeful”) +‎ -saurus, named by James Hopson in 1975 in opposition to a hypothesis that heterodontosaurids aestivated.

Proper noun

†Abrictosaurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Heterodontosauridae – an ornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of South Africa and Lesotho.

References

• Abrictosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heterodontosauridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Abrictosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons