Amurosaurus (meaning Amur River, Siberia reptile) is a Lambeosaurine hadrosaur from late Cretaceous Russia. A late but primitive Lambeosaurine. The shape of its crest isn't known as of yet, but it probably appears similar to those of other Lambeosaurs, such as Lambeosaurus. The type species is Amurosaurus riabinini.
Discovery and Naming[]
In 2008, paleontologists Yuri Bolotsky and Sergei Kurzanov discovered the fossil and named the species in 1991. The generic name is named after Amur River, while the specific name is named after Anatoly Riabinin.
Description[]
All fossils of it have been recovered from a single bonebed locality, discovered in 1984 within the city limits of Blagoveschensk in the Amur Oblast, Russia. The holotype consists of only a maxilla and a dentary bone. Its sigmoidal shape of the ulna makes the skull distinguishable to other hadrosaurs.
Classification[]
It is classified as a member of Lambeosaurini.
Paleopathology[]
Bertozzo interpreted the bone as still healing prior to the animal's death, with the misalignment of the fracture and the resulting malunion of the two fragments of the bone, causing the animal to limp.
In popular Culture[]
- In the Hammond creation lab in the Jurassic World: The Exibition sample you can see Amurosaurus DNA amber samples along with many other animals.
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