Plesiohadros Explained

Plesiohadros (meaning "near to hadrosaurids") is an extinct genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur. It is known from a partial skeleton including the skull collected at Alag Teg locality, from the Campanian Alagteeg Formation of southern Mongolia. The type species is Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis.^{[1] [2]}

Paleoecology

Plesiohadros is the only known hadrosaur from the Alagteeg Formation.

Notes and References

1. Book: Tsogtbaatar. K.. Weishampel. D.. Evans. D. C.. Watabe. M.. 2014. A New Hadrosauroid (Plesiohadros djadokhtaensis) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhtan Fauna of Southern Mongolia. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290319937. Eberth. D. A.. Evans. D. C.. Hadrosaurs. 108−135. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-01385-9.
2. Hasegawa. H.. Tada. R.. Ichinnorov. N.. Minjin. C.. 2009. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ulan Nuur basin, southern Mongolia, and its paleoclimatic implication. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 35. 1. 13−26. 2009JAESc..35...13H. 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.11.010.