Parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus ‭(‬Near Saurolophus/Near lizard crest‭)‬ Hadrosaur

In Depth        Out of all the hadrosaurs‭ (‬also known as the duck-billed dinosaurs‭) ‬Parasaurolophus is one of the most‭ ‬widely recognised thanks‭ ‬to its very distinctive skull crest.‭ ‬ The name Parasaurolophus is a bit of a mouthful,‭ ‬but this is based around the early interpretation that Parasaurolophus was similar to another genus names Saurolophus‭ … Read more

Laiyangosaurus

In Depth        Laiyangosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading -‭ ‬A new saurolophine hadrosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Ornithopoda‭) ‬from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong,‭ ‬China‭” (‬PDF‭)‬.‭ ‬Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Zhang,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Cheng,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Ning‭ … Read more

Ugrunaaluk

In Depth        Since the closing decades of the twentieth century literally thousands of fossil bones of hadrosaurid dinosaurs have been found in Alaska.‭ ‬Initially considered to be lambeosaurines‭ (‬the type with bony head crests‭)‬,‭ ‬there were later determined to be saurolophines,‭ ‬specifically similar to Edmontosaurus.‭ ‬Most of these remains however have come from juveniles which … Read more

Angulomastacator

In Depth        Although only named from a partial upper jaw,‭ ‬this is still enough to identify Angulomastacator as a distinct genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur because the front portion of the jaw bends down at an angle of forty-five degrees.‭ ‬If you are unfamiliar with how much this each,‭ ‬look at or imagine a clock face … Read more

Nanningosaurus

In Depth        Nanningosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous,‭ ‬and is also the first genus of hadrosaur identified as living in southern China. Further Reading -‭ ‬The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China.‭ ‬Acta Geologica Sinica‭ ‬81‭(‬4‭)‬:550-554.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Mo,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬Zhao,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Wang‭ & ‬X.‭ ‬Xu‭ … Read more

Augustynolophus

In Depth        First described as a species of Saurolophus in‭ ‬2013,‭ ‬the species was re-described as a distinct genus,‭ ‬Augustynolophus only a year later.‭ ‬Not much can be said about Augustynolophus,‭ ‬though we do know that it was among the last hadrosaurid genera to live,‭ ‬and may have been around to see the asteroid strike … Read more