Koshisaurus Shibata and Azuma 2015 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: M. Shibata and Y. Azuma. 2015. New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan. Zootaxa 3914(4):421-440

Parent taxon: Hadrosauroidea according to M. Shibata and Y. Azuma 2015

See also VerdĂș et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Bactrosaurus, Batyrosaurus, Cedrorestes, Claosaurus, Datonglong, Eolambia, Equijubus, Fukuisaurus, Fylax, Gilmoreosaurus, Gobihadros, Gongpoquansaurus, Gonkoken, Hadrosauridae, Huehuecanauhtlus, Iguanodon hillii, Jeyawati, Jintasaurus, Levnesovia, Morelladon, Nanningosaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Ovaloolithidae, Penelopognathus, Plesiohadros, Portellsaurus, Probactrosaurus, Protohadros, Ratchasimasaurus, Shuangmiaosaurus, Sirindhorna, Spheroolithidae, Tanius, Telmatosaurus, Tethyshadros, Trachodon cantabrigiensis, Xuwulong, Yunganglong, Zhanghenglong, Zuoyunlong

Subtaxa: Koshisaurus katsuyama

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Type: Koshisaurus katsuyama

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (middle, BB IV) (Cretaceous of Japan)

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