Koshisaurus
| Koshisaurus | |
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| Fossil elements and model | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Superfamily: | †Hadrosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Koshisaurus Shibata and Azuma, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| †Koshisaurus katsuyama Shibata and Azuma, 2015
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Koshisaurus is a monospecific genus of basal
Fukui prefecture
where fossils of the genus were discovered.
Description
Koshisaurus was unlike most hadrosauroids due to the fact that it possessed an antorbital fossa, as well as three subsidiary ridges on its maxillary teeth, similar to those of Equijubus. These ridges are also present on the also Asian genera Xuwulong, Jinzhousaurus and Altirhinus; but all three lack antorbital fossae, placing them as more advanced than Koshisaurus.[1]
See also
References
- ^ PMID 25661952.|