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01 August 2026 EN everythingdinosaur ✎ édité manuellement

A New Lambeosaurine Dinosaur from Alberta

Canardia Dinosauria Parasaurolophus Plesiolophus discovery new species

A new species of duck-billed dinosaur has been named.  It is a lambeosaurine and it has been named Plesiolophus warnerensis.  The researchers, writing in the "Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences", conclude that at present it cannot be excluded as a potential ancestor to the iconic Parasaurolophus. The discovery of Plesiolophus warnerensis is helping palaeontologists to

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B. D. McFeeters, D. C. Evans, and M. J. Ryan, H. C. Maddin. 2026. A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 63:1-23

DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2026-0013 ↗
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