Ahshislesaurus wimani Ahshislesaurus

"lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ahshislesaurus 11 m (36 ft) long
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Length
11 m (36 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (75.02 Mya)
Place
United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia

Ahshislesaurus is an extinct genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of what is now New Mexico, United States. It is known from a partial skull and three neck vertebrae discovered in 1916 and first described in 1935. Prior to its scientific naming, researchers debated whether the specimen belonged to Kritosaurus navajovius, a related species from the same layers of rocks, or a distinct animal. The genus contains a single species, Ahshislesaurus wimani, named in 2025. A partial skeleton and isolated limb and girdle bones found in the same rock layers may also belong to Ahshislesaurus.

As a member of the hadrosaurid tribe Kritosaurini, Ahshislesaurus did not have a decorative tube-like crest as in lambeosaurines like Parasaurolophus. Instead, it had a small bump over its snout.

What we know

  • Named by Dalman et al., 2025.
  • Body length estimated at about 11 m.
  • Fossils found in United States and Mexico.