Adelolophus

Ah-del-o-lo-fus.
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Name

Adelolophus ‭(‬unknown crest‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ah-del-o-lo-fus.

Named By

T.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Gates,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬Jinnah,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Levitt‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Getty‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithishcia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauridae,‭ ‬Lambeosaurinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

A.‭ ‬hutchisoni‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Utah‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wahweap Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Maxilla‭ (‬tooth baring bone of the upper jaw‭)‬.

In Depth

       Adelolophus is a genus of hadrosaur that lived in the USA during the late Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New hadrosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithopoda‭) ‬specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah.‭ ‬Hadrosaurs‭ ‬156-173.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Gates,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬Jinnah,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Levitt‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Getty‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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