Levnesovia

Len-ve-so-ve-ah.
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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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Name

Levnesovia.

Phonetic

Len-ve-so-ve-ah.

Named By

H.-D.‭ ‬Sues‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬Averianov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.

Classification

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

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

L.‭ ‬transoxiana‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of remains.

Known locations

Uzbekistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bissekty Formation.

Time Period

Turonian/Coniacian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull remains of a few individuals.

In Depth

       Levnesovia is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Uzbekistan during the early part of the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Hadrosauroids were the descendants of the iguanodonts that were common in the late Jurassic/earliest Cretaceous,‭ ‬and the precursors of the hadrosaurids that were common during the final ten-fifteen million years of the Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and the early radiation of duck-billed dinosaurs.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Royal Society B:‭ ‬Biological Sciences‭ ‬276‭(‬1667‭)‬:2549-2555.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.-D.‭ ‬Sues‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬Averianov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.

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