Bayannurosaurus

Ba-yan-nu-ro-sor-us.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Bayannurosaurus ‭(‬Bayannur lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ba-yan-nu-ro-sor-us.

Named By

X.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬Q.-W.‭ ‬Tan,‭ ‬Y.-L.‭ ‬Gao,‭ ‬Z.-Q.‭ ‬Bao,‭ ‬Z.-G.‭ ‬Yin,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Guo,‭ ‬J.-Y.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Tan,‭ ‬Y.-G.‭ ‬Zhang‭ & ‬H.‭ ‬Xing‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Styracosterna.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬perfectus‭

Size

Skull about‭ ‬80‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Body length estimated between‭ ‬8‭ ‬and‭ ‬10‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bayingebi Formation.

Time Period

Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Skull.

In Depth

       Bayannurosaurus is a genus of iguanodont dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A large-sized basal ankylopollexian from East Asia,‭ ‬shedding light on early biogeographic history of Iguanodontia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Science Bulletin‭ ‬63:556-563.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬Q.-W.‭ ‬Tan,‭ ‬Y.-L.‭ ‬Gao,‭ ‬Z.-Q.‭ ‬Bao,‭ ‬Z.-G.‭ ‬Yin,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Guo,‭ ‬J.-Y.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Tan,‭ ‬Y.-G.‭ ‬Zhang‭ & ‬H.‭ ‬Xing‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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