Laiyangosaurus
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Laiyangosaurus ("Laiyang lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Jingangkou Formation of China. It is known from one species, L.youngi, found in the Laiyang Basin within the province of Shandong.
Classification
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Laiyangosaurus is a member of the saurolophine tribe Edmontosaurini. A number of specimens referred to Laiyangosaurus (IVPP V23405.1, V23403.1, V23402.1, V23404, V23402.7) apparently belong to kritosaurin and lambeosaurine hadrosaurids.Zhang, Yu-Guang; Wang, Ke-Bai; Chen, Shu-Qing; Liu, Di; Xing, Hai (2019). "Osteological Re‐assessment and Taxonomic Revision of "Tanius laiyangensis" (Ornithischia: Hadrosauroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.24097.
Paleoenvironment
The Wangshi Series of Shandong Province has yielded a considerable amount of fossil material, including the remains of insects, plants and other vertebrates, including dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs.{{cite journal|last=Zhang|first=J.L.|last2=Wang|first2=X.|last3=Wang|first3=Q.|last4=Jiang|first4=S.|last5=Cheng|first5=X.|last6=Ning|first6=L.|last7=Qiu|first7=R.|year=2017|title=A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China|url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/2017nahead/0001-3765-aabc-201720160920.pdf|journal=Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences|access-date=2017-09-03|archive-date=2020-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116185840/http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/2017nahead/0001-3765-aabc-201720160920.pdf|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 2019
Category:Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia
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