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Hadrosauridae

Anasazisaurus ɑːnuh-sɑːzee-SORRUHS

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Anasazisaurus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Anasazisaurus
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (74 Mya)
Place
United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Anasazisaurus ( ; “Anasazi lizard”) is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid (“duckbill”) ornithopod dinosaur that lived about 74 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period. It was found in the Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation, in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, United States. Only a partial skull has been found to date. It was first described as a specimen of Kritosaurus by Jack Horner, and has been intertwined with Kritosaurus since its description. It is known for its short nasal crest, which stuck out above and between its eyes for a short distance.

What we know

  • Named by Hunt & Lucas, 1993.
  • Fossils found in United States and Mexico.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Anasazisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.