Jaxartosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Jaxartosaurus"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Ornithopoda
infraordo = Iguanodontia
superfamilia = Hadrosauroidea
familia = Hadrosauridae
genus = "Jaxartosaurus"
genus_authority = Riabinin, 1937
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"J. aralensis" Riabinin, 1937 (type)

"Jaxartosaurus" is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur similar to "Corythosaurus" which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in Kazakhstan and China. It had a large, helmet-like crest that it may have used for visual identification, or to vocalize with members of the same herd.

The type species, "J. aralensis", was first described by Riabinin in 1937. A second species, "J. fuyunensis", was described by Weishampel and Horner in 1990, but is dubious.

References

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a7aba1.htm "Jaxartosaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair