#gilmoreosaurus

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Hi! Hello! Are Bactrosaurus kysylkumensis and Gilmoreosaurus kysylkumense the same species under different genre? Or are they entirely different taxa?

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7/26 dinosaur tribute to The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. FYI, gilmoreosaurus fossils have been found with tumors.

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Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis, G. atavus, G. arkhangelskyi

By Jack Wood on @thewoodparable

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Name: Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis, G. atavus, G. arkhangelskyi

Name Meaning: Gilmore Reptile

First Described: 1979

Described By: Brett-Surman

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Styracosterna, Hadrosauriformes, Hadrosauroidea

Gilmoreosaurus is a Hadrosauroid dinosaur known from multiple formations: G. mongoliensis from the Iren Dabasu Formation of Mongolia dating to the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago; G. Atavus from the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan, dating to about 120 million years ago, in the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous; and G. arkhangelskyi, from the Bissekty Formation in Uzbekistan, dating back to 89 million years ago, in the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous. Sadly, all but G. mongoliensis are fragmentary and poorly known. Originally thought to be Hadrosaurids, later taxonomic analysis has found at least G. mongoliensis to be a Hadrosauroid. Evidence of tumors such as hemangiomas, desmoplastic fibroma, metastatic cancer, and osteoblastoma have been found on Gilmoreosaurus fossils, potentially caused by environmental factors or genetic inheritance. 

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmoreosaurus

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GILMOREOSAURUS “Gilmore’s lizard” Late Cretaceous, 70 million years ago (?)

Thought to be an iguanodont or hadrosaurid dinosaur, Gilmoreosaurus is known only from fragmentary remains. However, experts have been able to make certain inferences based on the extant fossils: that Gilmoreosaurus was relatively successful as a species, that it reproduced early in life, and that it had heart-warming adventures with its offspring for up to seven seasons.