Hironosaurus

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"Hironosaurus" (meaning "Hirono lizard") is the informal name given to an as-yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Found in Hirono, Fukushima, Japan, it was probably a type of hadrosaur, although no subfamily identification has been made. The fossils are quite fragmentary, and consist of teeth and a vertebra, possibly from the tail. Since the fossils have never been fully described in a scientific paper, "Hironosaurus" is considered a nomen nudum. It was first mentioned by Hisa in an obscure 1988 publication^[1] and was later (1990) brought to a wider audience by David Lambert.^[2] Dong Zhiming, Y. Hasegawa, and Y. Azuma regarded the material as belonging to a hadrosaurid, but lacking any characteristics to allow more precise identification (thus indeterminate).^[3]

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^ Hisa (1988). "unknown". Utan Scientific Magazine 4 (24).
^ Lambert, David; and the Diagram Group (1990). The Dinosaur Data Book. New York: Avon Books, 66. ISBN 0-380-75896-3.
^ Zhiming, Dong; Y. Hasegawa; and Y. Azuma (1990). The Age of Dinosaurs in Japan and China. Fukui, Japan: Fukui Prefectural Museum, 65 pp..