New hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Late Cretaceous of Shanxi Province, China

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The origin of hadrosaurid dinosaurs is far from clear, mainly due to the paucity of their early Late Cretaceous close relatives. Compared to numerous Early Cretaceous basal hadrosauroids, which are mainly from Eastern Asia, only six early Late Cretaceous basal hadrosauroids have been found: three from Asia and three from North America.

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