Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Arenysaurini

Longrich et al. 2021

Lambeosaurinae /ˌlæmbiəˈsɔːraɪniː/ is an extinct group of crested hadrosauroid dinosaurs.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
15
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Arenysaurini
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
Styracosterna Unranked clade
Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
Hadrosauridae Family
Lambeosaurinae Subfamily
Arenysaurini Unranked clade
Fossil sites 15 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
10
🇲🇦 Morocco
3
🇫🇷 France
2
Geological formations
Couche III
3
Talarn
2
Marno-calcaires jaunes de Gensac
1
Arén
1
Marnes d'Auzas
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
15
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and R. A. Pyron, N.-E. Jalil. 2021. The first duckbill dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Africa and the role of oceanic dispersal in dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 120:104678 DOI ↗
Bibliography (13)
N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N. Bardet, N. Jalil. 2025. A new hadrosaurid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco provides evidence for an African radiation of lambeosaurines. Gondwana Research 145(78):142-151 DOI ↗
N. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N. Bardet, N.-E. Jalil. 2024. A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa. Scientific Reports 14:3665:1-16 DOI ↗
N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and R. A. Pyron, N.-E. Jalil. 2021. The first duckbill dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Africa and the role of oceanic dispersal in dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 120:104678 DOI ↗
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2020. The unusual tail of Tethyshadros insularis (Dinosauria, Hadrosauroidea) from the Adriatic Island of the European archipelago. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126(3):583-628
A. Prieto-Márquez, V. Fondevilla, and A. G. Sellés, J. R. Wagner, A. Galobart. 2019. Adynomosaurus arcanus, a new lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican Island of the European archipelago. Cretaceous Research 96:19-37 DOI ↗
V. Fondevilla, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, and R. Gaete, À. Galobart, Blanca Moncunill-Sole, Meike Köhler. 2018. Ontogeny and taxonomy of the hadrosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) remains from Basturs Poble bonebed (late early Maastrichtian, Tremp Syncline, Spain). PLoS ONE 13(10):e0206287:1-33 DOI ↗
A. Prieto-Marquez, F. M. D. Vecchia, and R. Gaete, A. Galobart. 2013. Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis. PLoS One 8(7):e69835:1-44 DOI ↗
P. Cruzado-Caballero, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2010. Blasisaurus canudoi gen. et sp. nov., a new lambeosaurine dinosaur (Hadrosauridae) from the latest Cretaceous of Arén (Huesca, Spain). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1507-1517 DOI ↗
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2010. Tremp, la vallata degli ultimi dinosauri [Tremp, the valley of the last dinosaurs]. Natura Nascosta 40:7-40
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A. Prieto-Márquez, R. Gaete, and G. Rivas, À. Galobart, M. Boada. 2006. Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Spain: Pararhabdodon isonensis revisited and Koutalisaurus kohlerorum, gen. et. sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):929-943 DOI ↗
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M. L. Casanovas Cladellas. 1992. Novedades en el registro fósil de dinosaurios del levante español [Developments in the fossil record of dinosaurs from the Spanish Levant]. Zubía 10:139-151