Jaxartosaurus

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Jaxartosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Infraorder: Iguanodontia
Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea
Family: Hadrosauridae
Genus: Jaxartosaurus
Riabinin, 1937
Species
  • 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.

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