Laiyangosaurus
Name:
Laiyangosaurus
(Laiyang lizard).
Phonetic: Lay-yang-o-sor-us.
Named By: J. L. Zhang, X. Wang, Q.
Wang, S. Jiang, X. Cheng, L. Ning & R. Qiu
- 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae, Saurolophinae, Edmontosaurini.
Species: L. youngi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable due to lack of remains.
Known locations: China, Shandong Province.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull remains.
Laiyangosaurus
is a genus of hadrosaurid
dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late
Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from
the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China" (PDF). Annals of the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences. - J. L. Zhang, X. Wang,
Q. Wang, S. Jiang, X. Cheng, L. Ning & R.
Qiu - 2017.
- 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. - Yu-Guang Zhang, Ke-Bau Wang, Shu-Qing
Chen, Di Liu & Hai Xing - 2019.
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