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BARSBOLDIA
(barz-bol-de-ah)
meaning: "Barsbold"
Barsboldia
Named By: T. Maryanska & H. Osmolska in 1981
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: Mongolia - Nemegt Formation
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial remains including nine dorsal (back) vertebrae, nine sacral (hip) vertebrae, 15 caudal (tail) vertebrae, left ilium (hip), partial left and right pubis, ribs and partial elements of hind limbs
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauridae | Saurolophinae |
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Barsboldia (meaning "of Barsbold", a well-known Mongolian paleontologist) was a genus of large hadrosaurid dinosaur from the early Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation of Omnogov', Mongolia. It is known from a partial vertebral column, partial pelvis, and some ribs.

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