Bayannurosaurus
genus of reptiles
Bayannurosaurus is a non-hadrosauriform ankylopollexian ornithopod discovered in 2018 by Xu et al.[1] from the Early Cretaceous found in China. It had a skull length of 80 cm, making it a mid-sized iguanodont.
Bayannurosaurus Temporal range: Barremian,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Styracosterna |
Genus: | †Bayannurosaurus Xu et al, 2018 |
Type species | |
†Bayannurosaurus perfectus |
References
change- ↑ Xu, Xing; Tan, Qingwei; Gao, Yilong; Bao, Zhiqiang; Yin, Zhigang; Guo, Bin; Wang, Junyou; Tan, Lin; Zhang, Yuguang; Xing, Hai (2018). "A large-sized basal ankylopollexian from East Asia, shedding light on early biogeographic history of Iguanodontia". Science Bulletin. 63 (9): 556–563. doi:10.1016/j.scib.2018.03.016. PMID 36658842. S2CID 104031324.