14 July 2026 EN sci-news ✎ édité manuellement

New Crested Dinosaur Species Identified in Canada

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A new genus and species of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur has been identified in southern Alberta, Canada, dating back 77 million years to the Campanian age of the Cretaceous period. The post New Crested Dinosaur Species Identified in Canada appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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Scientific reference

McFeeters, Bradley D.; Evans, David C.; Ryan, Michael J.; Maddin, Hillary C. (July 2026). "A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 63: 1–23.

DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2026-0013 ↗

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