COAHUILASAURUS
a kritosaurin ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico.
Pronunciation: co-wah-WEE-lah-SOR-us
Meaning: Coahuila lizard
Author/s: Longrich
et al. (
2024)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Coahuila, Mexico
Discovery Chart Position: #1141
Coahuilasaurus lipani
(Lipani Coahuila Lizard)Etymology
Coahuilasaurus is derived from "Coahuila" (in reference to Coahuila State where the fossils were found) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
lipani, refers to the Lipan Apache tribe of Coahuila.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Age range: 72.5 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 8 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Kirkland JI, Hernández-Rivera R, Gates T, Paul GS, Nesbitt S, Serrano-Brañas CI and Garcia-de la Garza JP (2006) "Large hadrosaurine dinosaurs from the latest Campanian of Coahuila, Mexico".
New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Sceince Bulletin, 35: 299–315.
• Prieto-Márquez A (2014) "Skeletal morphology of Kritosaurus navajovius (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of the North American south-west, with an evaluation of the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Kritosaurini".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 12: 133–175.
• Longrich NR, Velasco AAR, Kirkland JI, Torres AEB and Serrano-Brañas CI (2024) "
Coahuilasaurus lipani, a New Kritosaurin Hadrosaurid from the Upper Campanian Cerro Del Pueblo Formation, Northern Mexico".
Diversity, 16(9): 531. DOI: 10.3390/d16090531.
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