Sirindhorna

Si-rind-hor-nah.
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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

Sirindhorna ‭(‬named after Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn‭)‬.

Phonetic

Si-rind-hor-nah.

Named By

Masateru Shibata,‭ ‬Pratueng Jintasakul,‭ ‬Yoichi Azuma‭ & ‬Hai-Lu You‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauira,‭ ‬Ornithishcia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauroidea.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬khoratensis‭

Size

Total size uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

Thailand,‭ ‬Nakhon Ratchasima Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Khok Kruat Formation.

Time Period

Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and jaw bones.

In Depth

       Sirindhorna is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Thailand during the early Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province,‭ ‬Northeastern Thailand.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE‭ ‬10‭ (‬12‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Masateru Shibata,‭ ‬Pratueng Jintasakul,‭ ‬Yoichi Azuma‭ & ‬Hai-Lu You‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.

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