045--CRICHTONSAURUS BOHLINI

project: DINOSAURIA
specimen 045

CRICHTONSAURUS BOHLINI
"Birger Bohlin's Michael Crichton's Lizard"
Dong, 2002
Length: 3m (10ft)
Weight: 450kg (992lbs)
Location: Liaoning, China
Era: Cenomian age, upper Cretaceous (95 million years ago)

Classification:
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Thyreophora
Thyreophoroidea
Ankylosauria
Ankylosauridae
Ankylosaurinae

Notes:
Named for author Michael Crichton, the writer of the original Jurassic Park novels, it's interesting to note that no ankylosaur appears in either Jurassic Park novels.