Jaxartosaurus
| Jaxartosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Reconstructed skull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Lambeosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Jaxartosaurus Riabinin, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| †Jaxartosaurus aralensis Riabinin, 1937 | |
Jaxartosaurus (meaning "Jaxartes lizard" after the early name of the Syr Darya) is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur similar to Corythosaurus which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in Kazakhstan.[1]
Discovery
[edit]The type species, J. aralensis, was first described by Anatoly Riabinin in 1937.[1] A second species, J. fuyunensis, was described by Wu (1984) for a dentary from Xinjiang, China, but is dubious.[2][3]
Description
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Jaxartosaurus had a large crest that it may have used for visual identification, or to vocalize with members of the same species, as inferred for other lambeosaurines. They were likely herbivores, grazing on low-lying plants.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Riabinin, A.M. (1937). "A New Finding of Dinosaurs in the Trans-Baikal Region". Ezhegodn. Vserossijskogo Palaeont. Obstcg. 11: 142–144
- ^ Wu S. 1973. [A fossil of Jaxartosaurus is discovered in the Xinjiang]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11: 217–218. (In Chinese) ———. 1984. In: [The locations of ancient organisms in the northwest regions, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Edition III. Mesozoic, Cenozoic]. Geol. Res. Div. Xinjiang Oil Admin. Bureau, Cartogr. Grp. Xinjian Geol. Bureau. Geol. Publ., Beijing.
- ^ Weishampel, D. B. & Horner, J. R. 1990. Hadrosauridae. In: Weishampel, D. B. et al. (eds.). The Dinosauria. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley. pp. 534-561.
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