Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae

Full reference: Y. Kobayashi, R. Takasaki, K. Kubota and A. R. Fiorillo. 2021. A new basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the latest Cretaceous Kita-ama Formation in Japan implies the origin of hadrosaurids. Scientific Reports 11:8547:1-15

Parent taxon: Hadrosauridae according to Y. Kobayashi et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Acheralichnus, Aquilarhinus, Arstanosaurus, Arstanosaurus akkurganensis, Cionodon, Claorhynchus, Diclonius, Edmontosaurinae, Eotrachodon, Euhadrosauria, Gryposaurinae, Hadrosaurinae, Hadrosaurus breviceps, Hadrosaurus cavatus, Hadrosaurus minor, Hypsibema, Lambeosaurinae, Lapampasaurus, Maiasaurinae, Malefica, Microhadrosaurus, Neosaurus missouriensis, Ornithotarsus, Orthomerus, Parrosaurus, Prohadrosaurinae, Pteropelyx, Saurolophidae, Saurolophinae, Saurolophus krystofovici, Thespesius, Trachodon, Tridigitichnus, Troodon isfarensis, Tyrannosauropus, Willinakaqe, Protrachodontinae, Nectosaurus, Trachodontinae

Subtaxa: Yamatosaurus izanagii

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Type: Yamatosaurus izanagii

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Aw14, Mitsugawa (Cretaceous of Japan)

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