Ultrasaurus

Ultrasaurus (meaning "ultra lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur discovered by Haang Mook Kim in South Korea. However, the name was first used unofficially (as a nomen nudum) in 1979 by Jim Jensen to describe a set of giant dinosaur bones he discovered in the United States. Because Kim published the name for his specimen before Jensen could do so officially, Jensen renamed his specimen Ultrasauros. Jensen's giant sauropod was later found to be a chimera, and the type remains are now assigned to Supersaurus.

This article is about the dubious dinosaur genus from South Korea. For the invalid dinosaur genus from Colorado, see Ultrasauros.

Ultrasaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Genus: †Ultrasaurus
Kim, 1983
Species:
†U. tabriensis
Binomial name
†Ultrasaurus tabriensis
Kim, 1983
Synonyms
  • Hltrasurus Kim, 1994 (sic)
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