Yamatosaurus
Yamatosaurus (meaning "Yamato reptile") is a genus of basal hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)-aged Kita-Ama Formation of Awaji Island, Japan. The genus contains a single species, Yamatosaurus izanagii.
| Yamatosaurus Temporal range: early Maastrichtian | |
|---|---|
| Holotype dentary seen from four angles | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Yamatosaurus Kobayashi et al. 2021 |
| Species: | †Y. izanagii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yamatosaurus izanagii Kobayashi et al. 2021 | |
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