Atlascopcosaurus
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| phylum | Chordata | Atlascopcosaurus (meaning "Atlas Copco lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal iguanodont dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the present Australia. The type species, Atlascopcosaurus loadsi, was named and described by Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich in 1988/1989. The generic name refers to the Atlas Copco Company who had provided equipment for the dig that discovered this dinosaur in 1984. The project revealed 85 fossil bone fragments of various species.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| order | Ornithischia | |
| clade | Ornithopoda | |
| family | Hadrosauridae | |
| genus | Atlascopcosaurus | |
| species | A. loadsi | |
| Temporal range | Early Cretaceous |
