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KERBEROSAURUS
(ker-be-ro-sore-us)
meaning: "Kerberos lizard"
Named By: Y. L. Bolotsky & P. Godefroit in 2004
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma
Location: Russia, Amur Region - Tsagayan Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauridae | Saurolophinae |
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Kerberosaurus (meaning "Kerberos lizard") was a genus of saurolophine duckbill dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous Tsagayan Formation of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, Russia (dated to 66 million years ago). It is based on bonebed material including skull remains indicating that it was related to Saurolophus and Prosaurolophus.

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