Hironosaurus

"Hironosaurus" (meaning "Hirono lizard") is the informal name given to an as-yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Found in Hirono, Fukushima, Japan, it was probably a type of hadrosaur, although no subfamily identification has been made. The fossils are quite fragmentary, and consist of teeth and a vertebra, possibly from the tail. Since the fossils have never been fully described in a scientific paper, "Hironosaurus" is considered a "nomen nudum". It was first mentioned by Hisa in an obscure 1988 publicationcite journal |last=Hisa |year=1988 |title=unknown |journal=Utan Scientific Magazine |volume=4 |issue=24 ] and was later (1990) brought to a wider audience by David Lambert.cite book |last=Lambert |first=David |coauthors=and the Diagram Group |title=The Dinosaur Data Book |year=1990 |publisher=Avon Books |location=New York |isbn=0-380-75896-3 |pages=66] Dong Zhiming, Y. Hasegawa, and Y. Azuma regarded the material as belonging to a hadrosaurid, but lacking any characteristics to allow more precise identification (thus indeterminate).cite book |last=Zhiming |first=Dong |authorlink=Dong Zhiming |coauthors= Y. Hasegawa; and Y. Azuma |title=The Age of Dinosaurs in Japan and China |year=1990 |publisher=Fukui Prefectural Museum |location=Fukui, Japan |pages=65 pp.]

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* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a8b632.htm "Hironosaurus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair