Laiyangosaurus

<i>Laiyangosaurus</i>

Laiyangosaurus

Extinct genus of reptiles

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.

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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. [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. [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" (PDF). Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2017-09-03.


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