Genus
Valid Extinct

Blasisaurus

Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2010

Blasisaurus is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is known from a partial skull and skeleton found in late Maastrichtian-age rocks of Spain. The type species is Blasisaurus canudoi, described in 2010 by Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola and José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca, a group of researchers from Spain.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Blasisaurus
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Left dentary of Blasisaurus canudoi (MPZ 99/665) in medial view. B. Right lacrimal of B. canudoi (MPZ 2009/348) in lateral view. C. Left jugal of B. canudoi (MPZ 99/667) in lateral view. © Albert Prieto-Márquez, Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, Rodrigo Gaete, Àngel Galobart · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
Blasisaurus
Blasisaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Hadrosauridae Family
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Lambeosaurinae Subfamily
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Arenysaurini Unranked clade
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Blasisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
4,2 m ⓘ
Blasisaurus canudoi
Mass
360 kg ⓘ
Blasisaurus canudoi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Arén
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Blasisaurus canudoi 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 ↗