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LEVNESOVIA
(len-ve-so-ve-ah)
Named By: H.inD. Sues & A. Averianov in 2009
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: Uzbekistan - Bissekty Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull remains of a few individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Iguanodontia | Hadrosauroidea |
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Levnesovia is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. It was related to Bactrosaurus. The type species is L. transoxiana. The genus name honours the late Russian paleontologist Lev Nesov, and the specific name refers to the ancient region Transoxiana. It is known from the minority of the skull and would have reached around two meters in length.

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