Augustynolophus

Augustynolophus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
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Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Suborder: †Ornithopoda
Family: †Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: †Saurolophinae
Tribe: †Saurolophini
Genus: Augustynolophus
Prieto-Márquez et al., 2014
Species: A. morrisi
Binomial name
Augustynolophus morrisi
Prieto-Márquez et al., 2014
Synonyms

Saurolophus morrisi (Prieto-Márquez, 2013)

Augustynolophus is an extinct genus of saurolophine hadrosaur dinosaur which was discovered in the Moreno Formation in California, dating to the late Maastrichtian age. The generic name derives from a combination of the Augustyn family, who helped support the Los Angeles County Museum, and the suffix "-lophus," referring to its relation to Saurolophus. The specific name refers to palaeontologist William Morris.[1] It was originally described as a species of Saurolophus, S. morrisi.[2]

Limb elements

Discovery and Material

There are two known specimens of Augustynolophus. The holotype, LACM/CIT 2852, was unearthed in 1943. It consisted of the majority of the skull (including the dentary and predentary), vertebrae, and bones of the limb and hand. The second specimen was designated LACM/CIT 2760. Discovered in 1939, it was made up of elements of the skull and limbs. Due to its smaller size, it may have been a juvenile. [2] [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine doi:10.1017/S0016756814000284
  2. 1 2 Prieto-Márquez, A.; Wagner, J.R. (2013). "A new species of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Pacific coast of North America". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 (2): 255–268. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0049.
  3. ↑ Hilton, Richard (2003). Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. University of California Press. p. 264.
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