Biology:Laiyangosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles


Laiyangosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 72 Ma
Laiyangosaurus youngi.png
Life restoration
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Saurolophinae
Tribe: Edmontosaurini
Genus: Laiyangosaurus
Zhang et al., 2019
Type species
Laiyangosaurus youngi
Zhang et al., 2019

Laiyangosaurus ("Laiyang lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Jingangkou Formation of China . It is known from one species, L.youngi, found in the Laiyang Basin within the province of Shandong.

Classification

Restoration of the head

Laiyangosaurus is a member of the saurolophine tribe Edmontosaurini. A number of specimens referred to Laiyangosaurus (IVPP V23405.1, V23403.1, V23402.1, V23404, V23402.7) apparently belong to kritosaurin and lambeosaurine hadrosaurids.[1]

Paleoenvironment

The Wangshi Series of Shandong Province has yielded a considerable amount of fossil material, including the remains of insects, plants and other vertebrates, including dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs.[2]

See also

References

  1. Zhang, Yu-Guang; Wang, Ke-Bai; Chen, Shu-Qing; Liu, Di; Xing, Hai (2019). "Osteological Re‐assessment and Taxonomic Revision of "Tanius laiyangensis" (Ornithischia: Hadrosauroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.24097.
  2. Zhang, J.L.; Wang, X.; Wang, Q.; Jiang, S.; Cheng, X.; Ning, L.; Qiu, R. (2017). "A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China". Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/2017nahead/0001-3765-aabc-201720160920.pdf. Retrieved 2017-09-03. 

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