Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. 2000 (lambeosaurine)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae

Full reference: P. Godefroit, S. Zan, and L. Jin. 2000. Charonosaurus jiayinensis n. g., n. sp., a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern China. Compte Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 330:875-882

Belongs to Charonosaurus according to P. Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2013

See also Bolotsky et al. 2014, Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017, Evans et al. 2007, Evans and Reisz 2007, Farke et al. 2013, Fondevilla et al. 2018, Gates et al. 2007, Godefroit et al. 2004, Godefroit et al. 2003, Godefroit et al. 2008, Godefroit et al. 2011, Godefroit et al. 2000, Horner et al. 2004, Lund and Gates 2006, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2011, Prieto-Márquez 2012, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Prieto-Márquez and Norell 2010, Prieto-Marquez and Salinas 2010, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2010, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012, Sullivan et al. 2011, Sun et al. 2011, Takasaki et al. 2019 and Wu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CUST J-V1251-57, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Jiayin, which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain sandstone/mudstone in the Yuliangzi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiayin

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