Fylax

Fie-laks.
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Maeve Foster

Paleoclimatologist

Maeve Foster explores the Earth's climatic past to understand the forces that shaped life on our planet. Her research into ancient climate events provides valuable context for current environmental challenges.

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Name

Fylax ‭(‬Keeper‭)‬.

Phonetic

Fie-laks.

Named By

Albert Prieto-M�rquez‭ & ‬Miguel Carrera Farias‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauromorpha.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

F.‭ ‬thyrakolasus‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

Spain,‭ ‬Lleida Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Figuerola Formation.

Time Period

Late Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

‭ ‬Left dentary.

In Depth

       Fylax is a genus of hadrosauromorph dinosaur that lived in‭ ‬Western Europe during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A primitive euhadrosaurian dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of the Ager syncline‭ (‬southern Pyrenees,‭ ‬Catalonia‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geologie en Mijnbouw‭ ‬78:‭ ‬345‭–‬356.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Casanovas,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬P Pereda Suberbiola,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Santaf�‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Weishampel‭ ‬-‭ ‬1999.

-‭ ‬A new late-surviving early diverging Ibero-Armorican duck-billed dinosaur and the role of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago in hadrosauroid biogeography.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.‭ ‬66.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Albert Prieto-M�rquez‭ & ‬Miguel Carrera Farias‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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