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Plesiolophus

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Hypothetical Plesiolophus skull reconstruction with known elements in white. Missing elements in grey. Scale bar 20 cm.
Taxa Plesiolophus

Hypothetical Plesiolophus skull reconstruction with known elements in white. Missing elements in grey. Scale bar 20 cm.

scale Plesiolophus 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.

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.

crest Hadrosauria Parasaurolophus Plesiolophus +1

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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