Naashoibitosaurus Naashoibitosaurus

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You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Naashoibitosaurus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
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Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (73 Mya)
Place
United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia

Naashoibitosaurus (from Navajo —“creek lizard”) is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 73 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous, and was found in the Kirtland Formation of the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, United States. Only a partial skeleton has been found to date. It was first described as a specimen of Kritosaurus by Jack Horner, and has been intertwined with the taxon since its description.

What we know

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