Kerberosaurus

Kerberosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Saurolophinae
Genus: Kerberosaurus
Bolotsky and Godefroit, 2004
Species:
K. manakini
Binomial name
Kerberosaurus manakini
Bolotsky & Godefroit, 2004
Synonyms

Kerberosaurus (meaning "Kerberos lizard") was a genus of saurolophine duckbill dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Tsagayan Formation of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, Russia (dated to 66 million years ago).[2] It is based on bonebed material including skull remains indicating that it was related to Saurolophus and Prosaurolophus.

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