Plesiohadros (meaning "near to hadrosaurids") is an extinct genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur. It is known from a partial skeleton including the skull collected at Alag Teg locality, from the Campanian Alagteeg Formation of southern Mongolia. The type species is Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis.[1][2]
Plesiohadros Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Superfamily: | †Hadrosauroidea |
Genus: | †Plesiohadros Tsogtbaatar et al., 2014 |
Type species | |
Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis Tsogtbaatar et al., 2014 |
Paleoecology
editPlesiohadros is the only known hadrosaur from the Alagteeg Formation.
References
edit- ^ Tsogtbaatar, K.; Weishampel, D.; Evans, D. C.; Watabe, M. (2014). "A New Hadrosauroid (Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan Fauna of Southern Mongolia". In Eberth, D. A.; Evans, D. C. (eds.). Hadrosaurs. Indiana University Press. pp. 108−135. ISBN 978-0-253-01385-9.
- ^ Hasegawa, H.; Tada, R.; Ichinnorov, N.; Minjin, C. (2009). "Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ulan Nuur basin, southern Mongolia, and its paleoclimatic implication". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 35 (1): 13−26. Bibcode:2009JAESc..35...13H. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.11.010.
🔥 Top keywords: Akademia e Shkencave e RPS te ShqiperiseAlexandria Ocasio-CortezBilderberg GroupCristiano RonaldoDong XiaowanMinecraftOperation GladioPrimal cutRiot FestStrictly Come Dancing (series 7)Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesKalki 2898 ADUEFA Euro 2024Project 2025.xxxKarel deLeeuw2024 Copa AméricaA Quiet Place: Day OneCleopatraDeaths in 2024Jack Draper (tennis)House of the DragonNikki HiltzDiogo CostaJuiceroOpinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general electionUEFA European ChampionshipTheodore StreleskiCristiano RonaldoYouTubeKlay ThompsonCopa AméricaThe Bear (TV series)Elias YmerJoe Biden2024 French legislative electionMerih DemiralMoney in the Bank (2024)Zac EfronBad Boys: Ride or DieInside Out 2Gladiator IIArda GülerKevin OrtegaMemphis DepayMarko ArnautovićCody Gakpo