Lambeosaurine

Distribution

For unknown reasons, lambeosaurines largely disappeared from North America around the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary (the last remaining confirmed American member being Hypacrosaurus), but continued their dominance in Laurasia up to the end of the Cretaceous, with some members such as Ajnabia and Minqaria even colonizing northern Africa from Europe. However, fragmentary remains, including a partial humerus, resembling those of lambeosaurines have been reported from the late Maastrichtian-aged New Egypt Formation of New Jersey, USA. If these are lambeosaurine remains, these specimens are unique both for representing one of the very few records of lambeosaurines from the landmass of Appalachia (suggesting that lambeosaurines had managed to migrate eastwards to Appalachia during the Maastrichtian, following the partial closure of the Western Interior Seaway), and potentially representing one of the latest records of the group from North America.