Genus
Valid Extinct

Amurosaurus

Bolotsky and Kurzanov 1991

Amurosaurus is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur found in Late Cretaceous deposits of what is now eastern Asia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Amurosaurus
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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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Amurosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
1
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Udurchukan
1
Yuliangzi
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Amurosaurus riabinini 72 Ma
Sahaliyania elunchunorum subjective synonym of Amurosaurus riabinini 72 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Sahaliyania subjective synonym of Amurosaurus
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
Y. L. Bolotsky and S. M. Kurzanov. 1991. Gadrosavry Priamuriy [The hadrosaurs of the pre-Amur Region]. Geology of the Pacific Ocean Border
Bibliography (2)
P. Godefroit, S. Hai, and T. Yu, P. Lauters. 2008. New hadrosaurid dinosaurs from the uppermost Cretaceous of northeastern China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1):47-74 DOI ↗
Y. L. Bolotsky and S. M. Kurzanov. 1991. Gadrosavry Priamuriy [The hadrosaurs of the pre-Amur Region]. Geology of the Pacific Ocean Border