Charonosaurus

Charonosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma
Reconstructed skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Lambeosaurinae
Tribe: Parasaurolophini
Genus: Charonosaurus
Godefroit, Zan & Jin, 2000
Species:
C. jiayinensis
Binomial name
Charonosaurus jiayinensis
Godefroit, Zan & Jin, 2000

Charonosaurus (/kəˌrnəˈsɔːrəs/ kə-ROH-nə-SOR-əs; meaning "Charon's lizard") is a genus of dinosaur whose fossils were discovered by Godefroit, Zan & Jin in 2000, on the south bank of the Amur River, dividing China from Russia. It is monotypic, consisting of the species C. jiayinensis.