Charonosaurus 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

Parent taxon: Parasaurolophini according to Y. L. Bolotsky et al. 2014

See also Alifanov 2008, Bolotsky and Godefroit 2004, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2013, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2010, Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017, Evans and Reisz 2007, Evans et al. 2007, Gates et al. 2007, Godefroit et al. 2004, Godefroit et al. 2012, Godefroit et al. 2003, Godefroit et al. 2008, Godefroit et al. 2011, Horner et al. 2004, Lund and Gates 2006, Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2009, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Marquez and Salinas 2010, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2010, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012, Sullivan et al. 2011, Takasaki et al. 2019 and Wu et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Parasaurolophus, Tlatolophus

Subtaxa: Charonosaurus jiayinensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiayin (Cretaceous of China)

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