Kerberosaurus

Ker-be-ro-sore-us.
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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

Kerberosaurus ‭(‬Kerberos lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ker-be-ro-sore-us.

Named By

Y.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Bolotsky‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Godefroit‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.

Classification

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

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬manakini‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains, but estimates range about 8 meters total body length.

Known locations

Russia,‭ ‬Amur Region‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tsagayan Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull.

In Depth

       Because of‭ ‬a‭ ‬current lack of fossils for this genus,‭ ‬the only thing that can be said with any certainty is that Kerberosaurus was a saurolophine hadrosaurid,‭ ‬the group of hadrosaurs noted‭ ‬to have solid head crests like those of Saurolophus.‭ ‬The skull remains of Kerberosaurus were discovered in a bone bed of other Mesozoic animals including the lambeosaurine hadrosaurid Amurosaurus,‭ ‬though as a saurolophine hadrosaurid,‭ ‬Kerberosaurus would have been a distantly related but similar hadrosaur as Amurosaurus‭ (‬lambeosaurine hadrosaurids like Amurosaurus are so named because they have hollow head crests similar to that of the groups type genus Lambeosaurus‭)‬.

Further Reading

‭ – A new hadrosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Far Eastern Russia. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (2): 351–365. – Y. L. Bolotsky & P. Godefroit – 2004.

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