Kelumapusaura

‭ ‬Ke-lu-ma-pu-sor-rah.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on November 6, 2016

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Name

Kelumapusaura ‭(‬red earth lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

‭ ‬Ke-lu-ma-pu-sor-rah.

Named By

Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Federico Briss�n Egli,‭ ‬Federico Agnolin,‭ ‬Alexis Mauro Aranciaga-Rolando‭ & ‬Fernando Emilio Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Hadrosauridae,‭ ‬Saurolophinae,‭ ‬Kritosaurini.‭

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬machi‭

Size

Estimated between‭ ‬8‭ ‬and‭ ‬9‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina,‭ ‬Patagonia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Allen Formation.

Time Period

Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of several individuals.

In Depth

Kelumapusaura is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬The establishment of Kelumapusaura was born out of the discovery of a bone bed of at least several individuals.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new hadrosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Ornithischia‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of northern Patagonia and the radiation of South American hadrosaurids.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Systematic Palaeontology‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Federico Briss�n Egli,‭ ‬Federico Agnolin,‭ ‬Alexis Mauro Aranciaga-Rolando‭ & ‬Fernando Emilio Novas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.