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Lambeosaurinae (lambeosaurine)

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy
Lambeosaurinae was named by Parks (1923). Its type is Lambeosaurus.

It was reranked as the family Lambeosauridae by Huene (1948), Huene (1959), Horner (1988), Horner (1990) and Hunt and Lucas (1993); it was synonymized subjectively with Hadrosauridae by Kuhn (1964).

It was assigned to Trachodontidae by Parks (1923), Nopcsa (1928), Huene (1934), Huene (1934), Nagao (1936), Nagao (1939) and Kuhn (1946); to Trachodontoidea by Huene (1948); to Hadrosauria by Huene (1959); to Ornithopoda by Horner (1988); to Lambeosauria by Horner (1990); to Hadrosauroidea by Hunt and Lucas (1993); to Saurolophidae by Prieto-Márquez (2010), Prieto-Márquez (2010), Prieto-Marquez and Salinas (2010) and Prieto-Márquez and Wagner (2010); to Euhadrosauria by Weishampel et al. (1993), Casanovas et al. (1999), Pereda-Suberbiola et al. (2009) and Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2010); and to Hadrosauridae by Gilmore (1924), Hay (1930), Gilmore (1933), Gilmore (1935), Sternberg (1935), Riabinin (1939), Wilfarth (1940), Lull and Wright (1942), Sternberg (1952), Sternberg (1953), Sternberg (1953), Sternberg (1954), Young (1958), Ostrom (1961), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1966), Russell and Chamney (1967), Taquet (1975), Weishampel and Jensen (1979), McIntosh (1981), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Milner and Norman (1984), Powell (1987), Weishampel and Horner (1990), Dong (1992), Forster and Sereno (1994), Bonaparte (1996), Vickaryous and Ryan (1997), Forster (1997), Sereno (1997), Forster (1997), Sereno (1998), Godefroit et al. (1998), Sereno (1999), Sullivan and Williamson (1999), Norman and Sues (2000), Williamson (2000), Godefroit et al. (2000), Eberth et al. (2001), You et al. (2003), Horner et al. (2004), Godefroit et al. (2004), Suzuki et al. (2004), Ryan and Evans (2005), Prieto-Márquez et al. (2006), Prieto-Márquez et al. (2006), Gates et al. (2007), Evans and Reisz (2007), Godefroit et al. (2008), Sues and Averianov (2009), Dalla Vecchia (2009), Prieto-Márquez (2012), Ramírez-Velasco et al. (2012), Prieto-Marquez (2013), Tan et al. (2015), Cruzado-Caballero and Powell (2017), Prieto-Márquez et al. (2019), Takasaki et al. (2019), Dalla Vecchia (2020) and Kobayashi et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hadrosaurus paucidens Marsh p. 336
1890Ceratops paucidens Marsh p. 83
1890Ceratops paucidens Zittel p. 751
1901Ceratops paucidens Nopcsa p. 216
1902Ceratops paucidens Hay p. 500
1902Ceratops paucidens Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxxv
1907Ceratops paucidens Hatcher et al. p. 103
1920Stephanosaurinae Lambe
1923Lambeosaurinae Parks p. 8
1924Lambeosaurinae Gilmore p. 34
1927Ceratops paucidens Huene p. 261
1928Lambeosaurinae Nopcsa p. 185
1930Lambeosaurinae Hay p. 217
1930Ceratops paucidens Hay p. 224
1933Lambeosaurinae Gilmore p. 62
1934Lambeosaurinae Huene p. 15
1935Lambeosaurinae Gilmore p. 161
1935Lambeosaurinae Sternberg p. 4
1936Lambeosaurinae Nagao p. 213
1939Lambeosaurinae Nagao p. 144
1939Lambeosaurinae Riabinin p. 15
1940Lambeosaurinae Wilfarth p. 3
1942Cheneosaurinae Lull and Wright p. 30
1942Lambeosaurinae Lull and Wright p. 133
1946Lambeosaurinae Kuhn p. 66
1948Lambeosauridae Huene p. 94
1952Lambeosaurinae Sternberg p. 149
1953Lambeosaurinae Sternberg p. 11
1954Lambeosaurinae Sternberg p. 383
1958Lambeosaurinae Young p. 106
1959Lambeosauridae Huene p. 122
1961Lambeosaurinae Ostrom p. 575
1964Ceratops paucidens Kuhn p. 55
1964Lambeosaurus paucidens Ostrom p. 132
1964Lambeosaurinae Tatarinov p. 565
1966Lambeosaurinae Kuhn p. 103
1967Lambeosaurinae Russell and Chamney p. 12
1975Lambeosaurinae Taquet p. 508
1979Lambeosaurinae Weishampel and Jensen p. 1422
1981Lambeosaurinae McIntosh p. 33
1983Lambeosaurinae Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1984Lambeosaurinae Milner and Norman p. 146
1987Lambeosaurinae Powell p. 150
1988Lambeosauridae Horner p. 315
1990Lambeosauridae Horner pp. 184-185
1990Lambeosaurinae Weishampel and Horner p. 557
1992Lambeosaurinae Dong p. 166
1993Lambeosauridae Hunt and Lucas p. 80
1993Lambeosaurinae Weishampel et al. p. 375 fig. 7
1994Lambeosaurinae Forster and Sereno p. 25A
1996Lambeosaurinae Bonaparte p. 111
1997Lambeosaurinae Forster p. 47A
1997Lambeosaurinae Sereno p. 443
1997Lambeosaurinae Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490
1998Lambeosaurinae Godefroit et al. p. 50 fig. 38
1998Lambeosaurinae Sereno p. 62
1999Lambeosaurinae Casanovas et al. p. 351 fig. 3
1999Lambeosaurinae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
1999Lambeosaurinae Sullivan and Williamson p. 3
2000Lambeosaurinae Godefroit et al. p. 876
2000Lambeosaurinae Norman and Sues p. 468
2000Lambeosaurinae Williamson p. 194
2001Lambeosaurinae Eberth et al. p. 58
2003Lambeosaurinae You et al. p. 152 fig. 3
2004Lambeosaurinae Godefroit et al. p. 141
2004Lambeosaurinae Horner et al. p. 441
2004Lambeosaurinae Suzuki et al. p. 146
2005Lambeosaurinae Ryan and Evans p. 332
2006Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Márquez et al. p. 938
2006Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Márquez et al. p. 87
2007Lambeosaurinae Evans and Reisz p. 374
2007Lambeosaurinae Gates et al. p. 918
2008Lambeosaurinae Godefroit et al. p. 67 fig. 18
2009Lambeosaurinae Dalla Vecchia p. 2
2009Lambeosaurinae Pereda-Suberbiola et al. p. 568 fig. 6
2009Lambeosaurinae Sues and Averianov p. 2552 fig. 2
2010Lambeosaurinae Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 1510 fig. 4
2010Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Marquez and Salinas p. 835 fig. 20
2010Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Márquez p. 5 fig. 2
2010Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Márquez and Wagner p. 1243 fig. 3
2012Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Márquez p. 529
2012Lambeosaurinae Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 392
2013Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Marquez
2015Lambeosaurinae Tan et al. p. 246
2017Lambeosaurinae Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 12 fig. 13
2019Lambeosaurinae Prieto-Márquez et al.
2019Lambeosaurinae Takasaki et al. p. 2
2020Lambeosaurinae Dalla Vecchia p. 612
2021Lambeosaurinae Kobayashi et al. p. 9 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
familyHadrosauridae
subfamilyLambeosaurinae
subfamilyLambeosaurinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Lambeosaurinae Parks 1923 [lambeosaurine]
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G. †Adelolophus Gates et al. 2014
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Adelolophus hutchisoni Gates et al. 2014
G. †Amurosaurus Bolotsky and Kurzanov 1991
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Amurosaurus riabinini Bolotsky and Kurzanov 1991
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Invalid names: Sahaliyania elunchunorum Godefroit et al. 2008 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sahaliyania Godefroit et al. 2008 [synonym]
G. †Angulomastacator Wagner and Lehman 2009
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Angulomastacator daviesi Wagner and Lehman 2009
G. †Aralosaurus Rozhdestvensky 1968
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Aralosaurus tuberiferus Rozhdestvensky 1968
Unr. †Arenysaurini Longrich et al. 2021
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G. †Adynomosaurus Prieto-Márquez et al. 2019
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Adynomosaurus arcanus Prieto-Márquez et al. 2019
G. †Ajnabia Longrich et al. 2021
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Ajnabia odysseus Longrich et al. 2021
G. †Arenysaurus Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2009
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Arenysaurus ardevoli Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2009
G. †Blasisaurus Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2010
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Blasisaurus canudoi Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2010
G. †Canardia Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013
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Canardia garonnensis Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013
G. †Koutalisaurus Prieto-Márquez et al. 2006
G. †Minqaria Longrich et al. 2024
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Minqaria bata Longrich et al. 2024
G. †Pararhabdodon Casanovas Cladellas 1992
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Pararhabdodon isonensis Casanovas Cladellas 1992
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Invalid names: Koutalisaurus kohlerorum Prieto-Márquez et al. 2006 [synonym]
Tr. †Corythosaurini Glut 1997
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G. †Corythosaurus Brown 1914
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Invalid names: Corythosaurus bicristatus Parks 1935 [synonym], Corythosaurus brevicristatus Parks 1935 [synonym], Corythosaurus excavatus Gilmore 1923 [synonym], Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis Sternberg 1935 [synonym], Tetragonosaurus erectofrons Parks 1931 [synonym]
G. †Hypacrosaurus Brown 1913
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Invalid names: Cheneosaurus tolmanensis Lambe 1917 [synonym]
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri Horner and Currie 1994
Invalid names: Cheneosaurus Lambe 1917 [synonym]
G. †Lambeosaurus Parks 1923
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Lambeosaurus clavinitialis Sternberg 1935
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Invalid names: Corythosaurus frontalis Parks 1935 [synonym]
Lambeosaurus lambei Parks 1923
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Invalid names: Tetragonosaurus praeceps Parks 1931 [synonym]
Lambeosaurus magnicristatus Sternberg 1935
Invalid names: Didanodon Osborn 1902 [synonym], Didanodon altidens Osborn 1902 [nomen nudum], Procheneosaurus Matthew 1920 [synonym], Stephanosaurus Lambe 1914 [synonym]
G. †Velafrons Gates et al. 2007 [sail forehead]
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Velafrons coahuilensis Gates et al. 2007
G. †Jaxartosaurus Riabinin 1937
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Jaxartosaurus aralensis Riabinin 1938
Invalid names: Jaxartosaurus fuyunensis Wu 1984 [nomen dubium]
G. †Kazaklambia Bell and Brink 2013
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Kazaklambia convincens Rozhdestvensky 1968
Tr. †Lambeosaurini Sullivan et al. 2011
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G. †Magnapaulia Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012
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Magnapaulia laticaudus Morris 1981
G. †Latirhinus Prieto-Márquez and Serrano Brañas 2012
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Latirhinus uitstlani Prieto-Márquez and Serrano Brañas 2012
G. †Nipponosaurus Nagao 1936
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G. †Olorotitan Godefroit et al. 2003
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Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. 2003
Tr. †Parasaurolophini Glut 1997
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G. †Charonosaurus Godefroit et al. 2000
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Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. 2000
G. †Parasaurolophus Parks 1922
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G. †Tlatolophus Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2021
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Tlatolophus galorum Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2021
G. †Tsintaosaurus Young 1958
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Invalid names: Aralosaurini Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013 [empty], Cheneosaurinae Lull and Wright 1942 [synonym], Hadrosaurus paucidens Marsh 1889 [nomen dubium], Stephanosaurinae Lambe 1920 [replaced], Tsintaosaurini Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. v. Huene 1948Premaxilla and nasal forming helmet-like crest anove neural skull and further backwards.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 10000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (197 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Xinjiang) Yaxartosaurus sp. (97614)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Lambeosaurinae indet. (58598)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Lambeosaurinae indet. (58614)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Tajikistan (Asht) Jaxartosaurus sp. (53132)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Kazakhstan (Ongtustik Qazaqstan) Cheneosaurinae indet. (53133)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Mexico (Baja California) Lambeosaurinae indet. (13312)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Uzbekistan (Navoi) Lambeosaurinae indet. (58708)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Hadrosauridae indet. (53134)
Santonian - Late/Upper Campanian86.3 - 70.6Mexico (Baja California) Lambeosaurinae indet. (170929 227156)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Nipponosaurus sachalinensis (38138)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1China (Shandong) Tsintaosaurus sp., Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, Lambeosaurinae indet. (55461) Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus (52943 55466)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Corythosaurus casuarius (150978) Corythosaurus excavatus (62721) Corythosaurus sp. (70052) Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (53051) Lambeosaurus lambei (70054 70055) Stephanosaurus marginatus (49236)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (55386) Hypacrosaurus sp. (142498) Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (53042 53043 53044 53045 53046 53047 53048 53052 220335) Lambeosaurinae indet. (53996 55324 64785) Lambeosaurinae indet., Hypacrosaurus sp. (22689) Lambeosaurinae indet., Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (59373) Lambeosaurus sp. (22690) Procheneosaurus erectofrons (70051 142499)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Hypacrosaurus sp. (49233)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Lambeosaurinae indet. (167916)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Lambeosaurinae indet. (14433 14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Corythosaurus bicristatus (46317) Corythosaurus brevicristatus (46319) Corythosaurus casuarius (54001 58760 58943 59017 59048 59050 59052) Corythosaurus excavatus (59008) Corythosaurus frontalis (46318) Corythosaurus intermedius (58905 58906 59009 59106) Corythosaurus sp. (59019 59120 59144) Hadrosauridae indet. (58949 64335 74120 220087) Hadrosaurinae indet. (59221) Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (53049 53050) Lambeosaurinae indet. (58900 58956 58960 59005 59043 59117 220122 227125) Lambeosaurus clavinitialis (51861 51862) Lambeosaurus lambei (49235 49237 59010 59022) Lambeosaurus magnicristatum (51863) Lambeosaurus sp. (58911 58955 59145 59225 76055) Parasaurolophus sp. (227685) Parasaurolophus walkeri (46333) Procheneosaurus praeceps (52475) Stephanosaurus intermedius (58904) Tetragonosaurus cranibrevis (59007) Tetragonosaurus erectofrons (46359) Tetragonosaurus praeceps (46358) Tetragonosaurus sp. (58903) Trachodontidae indet. (52472 58948 58958 59020)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Hadrosauridae indet. (179648) Lambeosaurinae indet. (24260 35360 55245 68039 69911 92116 170939 220778) Lambeosaurinae indet., Kritosaurus sp. (24258) Lambeosaurinae indet., Lambeosaurus sp. (76745) Lambeosaurinae indet., Velafrons coahuilensis (170998)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Claosaurus sp. (26767) Corythosaurus sp. (230098 230102) Lambeosaurinae indet. (68045)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Parasaurolophus sp. (52060 232050)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Lambeosaurinae indet. (76105 222087) Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus (51534 219012) Parasaurolophus sp. (47821 53896 53899 56385 62317) Parasaurolophus sp., Lambeosaurinae indet. (47193) Parasaurolophus sp., Parasaurolophus tubicen (171030) Parasaurolophus tubicen (47201 48839 55295 138835)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Baja California) Hypacrosaurus sp. (55384) Magnapaulia laticaudus (170926 170927 170928)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Trachodontidae indet. (45870)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Corythosaurus sp., Parasaurolophus sp. (14437)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Angulomastacator daviesi (90032)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Lambeosaurinae indet. (75030)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Lambeosaurinae indet. (22709 189797)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Hadrosaurus paucidens (46124) Lambeosaurinae indet. (61452)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Lambeosaurinae indet. (59045 167986)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Dinosauria indet. (60875) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (64436)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (64433 64434)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (45677 45678)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Heilongjiang) Lambeosaurinae indet. (37811) Sahaliyania elunchunorum (79034)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Lambeosaurinae indet. (26818)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Hadrosauridae indet. (60474 148951 148952) Lambeosaurinae indet. (148948 173057) Pararhabdodon isomensis (148949) Pararhabdodon isonensis (171099)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Cheneosaurus tolmanensis (49079) Hadrosauridae indet. (55363) Hypacrosaurus altispinus (64432 135739 135740 135741 135743) Lambeosaurinae indet. (34743) Saurolophus osborni (11899)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Lambeosaurinae indet. (51890)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Lambeosaurinae indet. (48570)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Lambeosaurinae indet. (99159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Euhadrosauria indet. (45435) Hadrosauridae indet. (45439) Lambeosaurinae indet., Hadrosauridae indet. (45438)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Hadrosauridae indet. (67196 98904 118194) Pararhabdodon sp. (172587)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Hadrosauridae indet. (148953) Lambeosaurinae indet. (207033) Orthomerus sp. (36381) Pararhabdodon isonense (171102) Pararhabdodon isonensis (67138) Rhabdodon sp. (38893)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Lambeosaurini indet. (138833 138834)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Lambeosaurinae indet. (48327)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Khouribga) Ajnabia odysseus, Minqaria bata (215206) Lambeosaurinae indet. (230117)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Amur) Hadrosauridae indet. (47029) Lambeosauridae indet. (38134)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Nunavut) Lambeosaurinae indet. (118411)