Augustynolophus

Augustynolophus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Holotype skull, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Saurolophinae
Genus: Augustynolophus
Prieto-Márquez et al., 2014
Species:
A. morrisi
Binomial name
Augustynolophus morrisi
(Prieto-Márquez & Wagner, 2013)
Synonyms

Saurolophus morrisi Prieto-Márquez & Wagner, 2013

Augustynolophus is an extinct genus of herbivorous saurolophine hadrosaur dinosaur which was discovered in the Moreno Formation in California,[1] dating to the late Maastrichtian age, making it one of the last dinosaurs known from the fossil record before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[2]

  1. ^ Sues, H.D.; Bell, P.R.; Evans, D.C. (2010). "Revision of the status of Saurolophus (Hadrosauridae) from California, USA". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 47 (11): 1417–1426. Bibcode:2010CaJES..47.1417S. doi:10.1139/e10-062.
  2. ^ Lehman, T.M. (1987). "Late Maastrichtian paleoenvironments and dinosaur biogeography in the western interior of North America". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 60: 189–217. Bibcode:1987PPP....60..189L. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(87)90032-0.

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