Back Silvisaure Catalan Silvisaurus Czech Silvisaurus German Silvisaurus condrayi Spanish Silvisaurus French סילביזאורוס HE Silvisaurus condrayi Italian シルヴィサウルス Japanese Silvisaurus Dutch Sylwizaur Polish
| Silvisaurus Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
| Family: | †Nodosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Nodosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Silvisaurus Eaton, 1960 |
| Species: | †S. condrayi
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| †Silvisaurus condrayi Eaton, 1960
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Silvisaurus, from the Latin silva "woodland" and Greek sauros "lizard", is a nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Early to Late Cretaceous period. It is one of the only known dinosaur species named from Kansas and was designated the official state land fossil in 2023.[1][2]
- ^ University of Kansas BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE & NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, “Kansas Designates Silvisaurus Condrayi the Official State Land Fossil,” April 10, 2023, (https://biodiversity.ku.edu/kansas-designates-silvisaurus-condrayi-official-state-land-fossil)
- ^ Liggett, Gregory A. (2005-01-01). "A review of the dinosaurs from Kansas". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 108 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2005)108[0001:AROTDF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-8443.