- Eolambia
Taxobox|
name = "Eolambia"
fossil_range =Early Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Ornithischia
subordo =Ornithopoda
infraordo =Iguanodontia
superfamilia =Hadrosauroidea
genus = "Eolambia"
binomial = "Eolambia caroljonesa"
binomial_authority = Kirkland,1998 "Eolambia" (named from the Greek "eos/ηως" meaning 'dawn' or 'morning', implying 'early'. The "Lambia" suffix is after
Lawrence Lambe , Canadian Palaeontologist, whose name was given toLambeosaurus . In all, the name means "dawn (or early) lambeosaurine".It was an
iguanodontia ndinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous Period. Its fossils have been found inUtah , USA.The type species, "Eolambia caroljonesa", was described by James Ian Kirkland, in 1998. Partial skeletons have been discovered. Kirkland also named "Eohadrosaurus" but it is now considered to be the same animal.
References
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm The Igunodontia]
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2003Aug/msg00380.html Reclassification of Eolambia]Links
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/detail.dsml?Genus=Eolambia "Eolambia" in the Dino Directory]
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