Aachenosaurus is a dubious
genus
of prehistoric plant.
It was named based solely on fossilized fragments of material that were originally thought
to be jaw fragments from a duck-billed dinosaur
(a hadrosaur).
However, the fossils turned out to be petrified
wood, to the great embarrassment of the discoverer. The fossil's
name means "Aachen
lizard", named for the Aachenian deposits of Moresnet
(which was a neutral territory between Belgium
and Germany),
where the fossils were found.
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