Naashoibitosaurus
Name:
Naashoibitosaurus
(Creek lizard).
Phonetic: Naa-shoy-bit-o-sor-us.
Named By: A. P. Hunt & S. G.
Lucas - 1993.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Hadrosauridae,
Hadrosaurinae.
Species: N. ostromi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Preserved length of the holotype skull about
63 centimetres long.Reconstructed length of the skull roughly about
83 centimetres long.
Known locations: USA, New Mexico - Kirtland
Formation.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial
post cranial skeletal remains.
At
times the skull of Naashoibitosaurus has been
attributed to
Kritosaurus,
while the post cranial skeleton attributed to
Edmontosaurus.
This is because the skull has been challenged as
representing a growth stage of Kritosaurus,
though other studies have
shown that it is different enough to be regarded as its own genus.
Currently however, Naashoibitosaurus is only
known from a small
number of fossils, and further clarification about the genus is
reliant upon future fossil discoveries and studies.
With
a reconstructed skull length of eighty-three centimetres,
Naashoibitosaurus would be expected to be a
moderately large hadrosaur.
Further reading
- Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. - New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:77-91. - A. P. Hunt
& S. G. Lucas - 1993.
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