Tematica Animali preistorici

Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus Ostrom, 1961

Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874

Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812

Classe: Dinosauria Owen, 1841

Ordine: Ornithischia Seeley, 1888

Famiglia: Hadrosauridae Cope, 1869

Genere: Parasaurolophus Parks, 1922

Specie e sottospecie

Il genere annovera attualmente le seguenti specie: Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus Ostrom, 1961 - Parasaurolophus tubicen Wiman, 1931 - Parasaurolophus walkeri Parks, 1922.

Descrizione

La specie aveva una cresta molto breve con un profilo più circolare.

Diffusione

Visse 80-66 milioni di anni fa, nel Cretaceo superiore, in Alberta (Canada) e negli USA.

Sinonimi

= Paralophosaurus Martin, 2014.

Bibliografia

–Noted as being present, although misspelled as "Thescelosaurus garbani, in " "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous; North America; South Dakota)." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 586.
–D.H. Tanke e K. Carpenter (a cura di), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, Indiana University Press, 2001, pp. 206-328.
–L.E. Zanno e S.D. Sampson, [0897:ANOTMF2.0.CO;2 A new oviraptorosaur (Theropoda; Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah], in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 25, n. 4, 2005, pp. 897-904.
–J.G. Eaton, R.L. Cifelli, J.H. Hutchinson, J.I. Kirkland e M.J. Parrish, Cretaceous vertebrate faunas from the Kaiparowits Plateau, south-central Utah, in Gillete, David D. (a cura di), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, Salt Lake City, Utah Geological Survey, 1999, pp. 345-353.
–Benton M.J., John Sibbick J. Vertebrate Palaeontology. pp. 207-209, 2000.
–Evans, David C. Nasal cavity homologies and cranial crest function in lambeosaurine dinosaurs. Paleobiology 32 (1): 109-125, 2006.
–Evans, David C.; Reisz, Robert R.; and Dupuis, Kevin. A juvenile Parasaurolophus braincase from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, with comments on crest ontogeny in the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3): 642-650, 2007.
–Glut, Donald F. Parasaurolophus. Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. pp. 678-684, 1997.
–Ostrom J.H. Cranial morphology of the Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. 122 (2): 33-186, 1961.
–Ostrom J.H. Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, a crested hadrosaurian dinosaur from New Mexico. Chicago Natural History Museum 1963, III ed.
–Sandia National Laboratories.Scientists Use Digital Paleontology to Produce Voice of Parasaurolophus Dinosaur, 12/05/1997.
–Sullivan, Robert M.; and Williamson, Thomas E. A new skull of Parasaurolophus (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico and a revision of the genus. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 15. Albuqueque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, pp. 1-52, 1999.
–Weishampel, David B. e Jensen, James A. Parasaurolophus (Reptilia: Hadrosauridae) from Utah. Journal of Paleontology 53 (6): 1422-1427, 1979.
–Williamson, Thomas E. Review of Hadrosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. in Lucas, S.G.; and Heckert, A.B. (eds.). Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 17. Albuqueque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, pp. 191-213, 2000.

	Data: 10/05/2016 Emissione: Dinosauri Stato: Mozambique

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