Plesiohadros

Ples-e-o-had-ross.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2013, August 6). Plesiohadros. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/plesiohadros/

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Name

Plesiohadros.

Phonetic

Ples-e-o-had-ross.

Named By

K.‭ ‬Tsogtbaatar,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Weishampel,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Evans‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Watabe‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Iguanodontia,‭ ‬Hadrosauroidea,‭ ‬Hadrosauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬djadokhtaensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Djadokhta Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Skull and partial post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Plesiohadros is a genus of hadrosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new hadrosaurid‭ (‬Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan Fauna of southern Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hadrosaurs‭ ‬108-135.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Tsogtbaatar,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Weishampel,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Evans‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Watabe‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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