Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum Ohashi and Barrett 2009 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: T. Ohashi and P. M. Barrett. 2009. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):748-757

Belongs to Albalophosaurus according to T. Ohashi and P. M. Barrett 2009

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Han et al. 2012 and Sano and Yabe 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SBEI 176, a partial skull. Its type locality is Kaseki-kabe (facies III), Shiramine, which is in a Barremian mire/swamp mudstone/sandstone in the Kuwajima Formation of Japan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kaseki-kabe (facies III), Shiramine

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