Friday, July 6, 2012

[Paleontology • 1993] Naashoibitosaurus ostromi • a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Kirtland Formation of the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, United States


Naashoibitosaurus ostromi
Hunt and Lucas, 1993

Naashoibitosaurus (—"lizard creek") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 73 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous, and was found in the Kirtland Formation of the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, United States. Only a partial skeleton has been found to date. It was first described as a specimen of Kritosaurus by Jack Horner, and has been intertwined with Kritosaurus since its description.

Hunt, Adrian P.; and Lucas, Spencer G. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. In Lucas, S.G.; and Zidek, J. (eds.). Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 2. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. pp. 77–91.