Gobihadros

Name: Gobihadros ‭(‬Gobi hadrosaur‭).
Phonetic: Go-be-had-ros.
Named By: Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar,‭ ‬David B.‭ ‬Weishampel,‭ ‬David C.‭ ‬Evans‭ & ‬Mahito Watabe‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauromorpha.
Species: G.‭ ‬mongoliensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Larger individuals possibly up to‭ ‬7.5‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bayan Shireh Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian/Santonian of‭ ‬the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skulls and almost complete post cranial skeleton.‭ ‬Fossils from several individuals of various sizes known.

       Gobihadros is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur known to have lived in central Asia during the earlier stages of the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Known from numerous fossils from several individuals of varying ages and sizes,‭ ‬and some of these articulated,‭ ‬Gobihadros is one of the best‭ ‬preserved‭ ‬hadrosaurs from Asia.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new hadrosauroid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Ornithopoda‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous Baynshire Formation of the Gobi Desert‭ (‬Mongolia‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE.‭ ‬14‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬-‭ ‬Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar,‭ ‬David B.‭ ‬Weishampel,‭ ‬David C.‭ ‬Evans‭ & ‬Mahito Watabe‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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