Brachylophosaurini

Brachylophosaurins
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,[1] 79–76.5 Ma
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Possible Maastrichtian record

Brachylophosaurus specimen "Roberta"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Ornithischia
Suborder: †Ornithopoda
Family: †Hadrosauridae
Clade: †Euhadrosauria
Subfamily: †Saurolophinae
Tribe: †Brachylophosaurini
Gates et al., 2011
Type species
Brachylophosaurus canadensis
Sternberg, 1933
Genera

Acristavus
Brachylophosaurus (type genus)
Maiasaura
Probrachylophosaurus
Wulagasaurus?

Brachylophosaurini is a tribe of saurolophine hadrosaurs with known material being from N. America and potentially Asia. It contains at least four taxa; Acristavus (from Montana and Utah), Brachylophosaurus (from Montana and Alberta), Maiasaura (also from Montana), and Probrachylophosaurus (also from Montana). A hadrosaur from the Amur river, Wulagasaurus, might be a member of this tribe, but this is disputed. The group was defined by Terry A. Gates and colleagues in 2011.[1][2]

The clade Brachylophosaurini was defined as "Hadrosaurine ornithopods more closely related to Brachylophosaurus, Maiasaura, or Acristavus than to Gryposaurus or Saurolophus".[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gates, T. A.; Horner, J. R.; Hanna, R. R.; Nelson, C. R. (2011). "New unadorned hadrosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Campanian of North America". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (4): 798. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.577854.
  2. ↑ http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201204/P020120423369434645647.pdf


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