Fylax

Fie-laks.
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John Stewart

Paleoecologist

John Stewart is a distinguished paleoecologist whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of prehistoric ecosystems. With over two decades dedicated to unearthing fossils across Asia and Africa

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Name

Fylax ‭(‬Keeper‭)‬.

Phonetic

Fie-laks.

Named By

Albert Prieto-M�rquez‭ & ‬Miguel Carrera Farias‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauromorpha.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

F.‭ ‬thyrakolasus‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.

Known locations

Spain,‭ ‬Lleida Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Figuerola Formation.

Time Period

Late Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

‭ ‬Left dentary.

In Depth

       Fylax is a genus of hadrosauromorph dinosaur that lived in‭ ‬Western Europe during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A primitive euhadrosaurian dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of the Ager syncline‭ (‬southern Pyrenees,‭ ‬Catalonia‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Geologie en Mijnbouw‭ ‬78:‭ ‬345‭–‬356.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Casanovas,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬P Pereda Suberbiola,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Santaf�‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Weishampel‭ ‬-‭ ‬1999.

-‭ ‬A new late-surviving early diverging Ibero-Armorican duck-billed dinosaur and the role of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago in hadrosauroid biogeography.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.‭ ‬66.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Albert Prieto-M�rquez‭ & ‬Miguel Carrera Farias‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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