#pararhabdodon

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Pararhabdodon isonensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 66 Ma), Spain It's the end of the dry season and the sky carries the upcoming rain on a late afternoon.

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Pararhabdodon isonensis and Tamarro insperatus

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Tamarro with sleepy Pararhabdodon.

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The Basturs Poble site (Lleida) is the most important site in Europe when it comes to hadrosaur remains. It has yielded over 1000 fossils, probably pertaining to the same species. Palaeontologists have now published the most complete study of fossils recovered from the site and reveals the presence of many young individuals.

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Pararhabdodon isonensis

By Jack Wood on @thewoodparable

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Name: Pararhabdodon isonensis

Name Meaning: Similar to Bar Tooth

First Described: 1993

Described By: Casanovas-Cladellas, Santafé-Llopis, & Isidro-Llorens

Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Styracosterna, Hadrosauriformes, Hadrosauroidea, Hadrosauridae, Lambeosaurinae, “Cristohadria”, Tsintaosaurini

Pararhabdodon is a close relative of Tsintaosaurus, which is one of the weirdest and best known of the Hadrosaurs. Sadly, its skull is not known, so though it might have had a similarly elongated and interesting crest as Tsintaosaurus, it is hard to know for sure what the shape of its crest would have been like. Still, it is reasonable to suppose it had a crest based on its phylogenetic position, and that the crest would have been used for some form of communication (visual and/or auditory). It is known from two individuals but fairly scattered material from both, and was originally thought to be a rather early derived Hadrosaurid before later analyses had it together with Tsintaosaurus. It was found in the Tremp Formation in Spain and France, living about 67.5 to 66 million years ago in the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, making it another of the weird Hadrosauroids known from Europe. It would have been around 6 meters long when fully grown and had a tall back like other hadrosaurids. 

Source:

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

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