Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Hadrosauridae
Lambeosaurinae
Parasaurolophini
Pronunciation: pah-ra-sor-uh-low-fee-nee
Author: Prieto-Márquez et al.
Year: 2013
Meaning: Parasaurolophus tribe (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: Prieto-Márquez et al.
Year: 2013
Meaning: Parasaurolophus tribe (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Prieto-Márquez et al., 2013]Definition
Parasaurolophus walkeri and all lambeosaurines more closely related to it than to Lambeosaurus lambei, Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, or Aralosaurus tuberiferus.
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Parasaurolophini is a group of Lambeosaurine dinosaurs that includes Parasaurolophus and its closest relatives, united by the prescence of a trombone-like crest and a few other, unpronounceable, features.
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Etymology
Parasaurolophini is derived from "Parasaurolophus" (near crested lizard) and the Greek "ini" (tribe). Parasaurolophus itself, is derived from the Greek "para" (near), "sauros" (lizard) and "lophos" (crest) because of its once-thought affinity with Saurolophus (the Crested Lizard), due to their superficially similar crests. However, they aren't as closely related as Parks (the coining author) initially thought.
Zoobank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5A725080-E208-4922-A712-CA9E76F58BA4.
Relationships
References
• Evans DC and Reisz RR (2007) "Anatomy and relationships of Lambeosaurus magnicristatus, a crested hadrosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta".
• Prieto-Márquez A, Dalla Vecchia F.M, Gaete R, and Galobart À. (2013) "Diversity, Relationships, and Biogeography of the Lambeosaurine Dinosaurs from the European Archipelago, with Description of the New Aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis". PLoS ONE 8(7): e69835. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069835
