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Plesiolophus

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Plesiolophus is a lambeosaurine hadrosaur known from the same locality, but an earlier time period than Parasaurolophus. Though it is nearly impossible to know conclusively, Plesiolophus cannot be ruled out as a direct ancestor. Like Parasaurolophus, Plesiolophus would have had a distinct crest protruding backward from its skull.

Plesiolophus is a lambeosaurine hadrosaur known from the same locality, but an earlier time period than Parasaurolophus. Though it is nearly impossible to know conclusively, Plesiolophus cannot be ruled out as a direct ancestor. Like Parasaurolophus, Plesiolophus would have had a distinct crest protruding backward from its skull.

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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
01/08/2026 everythingdinosaur