Genus
Valid Extinct

Augustynolophus

Prieto-Márquez et al. 2015

Augustynolophus is an extinct genus of herbivorous saurolophine hadrosaur dinosaur which was discovered in the Moreno Formation in California, dating to the late Maastrichtian age, making it one of the last non-avian dinosaurs known from the fossil record before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Augustynolophus
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Holotype skull of Augustynolophus morrisi (LACM 2852) on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Hadrosaurinae Subfamily
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Saurolophini Tribe
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Augustynolophus Genus
Measurements
Length
8,8 m ⓘ
Augustynolophus morrisi
Mass
3 000 kg ⓘ
Augustynolophus morrisi
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Moreno
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Augustynolophus morrisi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. Prieto-Márquez, J. R. Wagner, and P. R. Bell, L. M. Chiappe. 2015. The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini. Geological Magazine 152:225-241 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Prieto-Marquez and J. R. Wagner. 2013. A new species of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast of North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(2):255-268