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A new basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the latest Cretaceous Kita-ama Formation in Japan implies the origin of hadrosaurids

Here we describe a partial hadrosaurid skeleton from the marine Maastrichtian Kita-ama Formation in Japan as a new taxon, Yamatosaurus izanagii gen. et sp. nov., based on unique characters in the dentition. Our phylogenetic analysis demonstrates Yamatosaurus izanagii belongs to Hadrosauridae, compos...

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Autores principales: Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu, Takasaki, Ryuji, Kubota, Katsuhiro, Fiorillo, Anthony R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87719-5

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