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'''''Peishansaurus''''' (PAY-SHAHN-SAWR-us - meaning "north mountain lizard") was a [[genus]] of plant-eating [[dinosaur]] that lived during the [[Late Cretaceous]] period ([[Campanian]] [[faunal stage|stage]]), roughly 97.5-66 million years ago.
'''''Peishansaurus''''' (PAY-SHAHN-SAWR-us{{need IPA}} - meaning "north mountain lizard") was a [[genus]] of plant-eating [[dinosaur]] that lived during the [[Late Cretaceous]] period ([[Campanian]] [[faunal stage|stage]]), roughly 97.5-66 million years ago.


''Peishansaurus'' was named by Bohlin in 1953 from a fragmentary jaw with some teeth. The [[type species]] is ''P. philemys''. ''Peishansaurus'' is a doubtful genus; it is either an [[ankylosaur]] or a [[pachycephalosaur]], but further details are unknown.
''Peishansaurus'' was named by Bohlin in 1953 from a fragmentary jaw with some teeth. The [[type species]] is ''P. philemys''. ''Peishansaurus'' is a doubtful genus; it is either an [[ankylosaur]] or a [[pachycephalosaur]], but further details are unknown.

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Peishansaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Peishansaurus
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P. philemys
Binomial name
Peishansaurus philemys
Bohlin, 1953

Peishansaurus (PAY-SHAHN-SAWR-us[needs IPA] - meaning "north mountain lizard") was a genus of plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage), roughly 97.5-66 million years ago.

Peishansaurus was named by Bohlin in 1953 from a fragmentary jaw with some teeth. The type species is P. philemys. Peishansaurus is a doubtful genus; it is either an ankylosaur or a pachycephalosaur, but further details are unknown.

Peishansaurus is named after Peishan North Mountain in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

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