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''Laiyangosaurus'' ("Laiyang lizard") is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of China. It is known from one species, ''L.youngi'', found in the Laiyang Basin within the province of Shandong.


Classification

''Laiyangosaurus'' is a member of the saurolophine tribe Edmontosaurini. A number of specimens referred to ''Laiyangosaurus'' (IVPP V23405.1, V23403.1, V23402.1, V23404, V23402.7) apparently belong to kritosaurin and lambeosaurine hadrosaurids.Zhang, Yu-Guang; Wang, Ke-Bai; Chen, Shu-Qing; Liu, Di; Xing, Hai (2019). "Osteological Re‐assessment and Taxonomic Revision of "Tanius laiyangensis" (Ornithischia: Hadrosauroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.24097.


Habitat

The Wangshi Series of Shandong Province has yielded a considerable amount of fossil material, including the remains of insects, plants and other vertebrates, including dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs.


See also

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References

Fossil taxa described in 2019 Saurolophines Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia Ornithischian genera {{ornithopod-stub