[D] Bactrosaurus [Su] [sG]
Describer
Gilmore, 1933
Time
Cretaceous Late ?Cenomanian Turonian Coniacian Santonian Campanian ?Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae Lambeosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
China, Uzbekistan
Typespecies
Bactrosaurus johnsoni
Length
6 meter
Info
Genus - Skull
Bactrosaurus = Paraiguanodon (Brown vide Olshevsky, 1991) Bactrosaurus (Gilmore, 1933) > Bactrosaurus johnsoni (Gilmore, 1933) > Bactrosaurus kysylkumensis (Nessov, 1995) >> Cionodon kysylkumensis (Riabinin, 1931)
The vertebrae of the posterior half of the [backbone] are characterized by high massive club-shaped spines, and it is to this feature that the generic name refers. The name Bactrosaurus is often misinterpreted as \\\\\\\"Bactrian lizard.\\\\\\\" However, ancient Bactria was in southwest Asia, far from the fossilsite.
Gilmore, 1933
Time
Cretaceous Late ?Cenomanian Turonian Coniacian Santonian Campanian ?Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae Lambeosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
China, Uzbekistan
Typespecies
Bactrosaurus johnsoni
Length
6 meter
Info
Genus - Skull
Bactrosaurus = Paraiguanodon (Brown vide Olshevsky, 1991) Bactrosaurus (Gilmore, 1933) > Bactrosaurus johnsoni (Gilmore, 1933) > Bactrosaurus kysylkumensis (Nessov, 1995) >> Cionodon kysylkumensis (Riabinin, 1931)
The vertebrae of the posterior half of the [backbone] are characterized by high massive club-shaped spines, and it is to this feature that the generic name refers. The name Bactrosaurus is often misinterpreted as \\\\\\\"Bactrian lizard.\\\\\\\" However, ancient Bactria was in southwest Asia, far from the fossilsite.