BLASISAURUS
a plant-eating lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Spain.
Pronunciation: blah-see-SOR-us
Meaning: Blasi lizard
Author/s: Cruzado-Caballero
et al. (
2010)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Huesca, Spain
Discovery Chart Position: #742
Blasisaurus canudoi
(Canudo's Blasi Lizard)Etymology
Blasisaurus combines "Blasi" (of the Blasi 1 locality, where it was discovered) with the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
canudoi, honours paleontologist Jose Ignacio Canudo.
Discovery
The remains of
Blasisaurus were discovered at the Blasi 1 site in the upper part of the Arén Formation, Huesca, south-central
Pyrenees, Spain.
The
holotype (MPZ99/667) is a disarticulated skull and lower jaw.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 67-66 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 8 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 2 tons
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Cruzado-Caballero P, Pereda-Suberbiola X and
Ruiz-Omenaca JI (2010) "Blasisaurus canudoi gen. et sp. nov., a new lambeosaurine
dinosaur (Hadrosauridae) from the Latest Cretaceous of
Arén (Huesca, Spain)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 47(12): 1507-1517.
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