PLOS One
Published April 17, 2019 | 14:00 EDT (News release from PLOS)
The complete skeletal remains of a new species of Mongolian dinosaur fill in a gap in the evolution of hadrosaurs. Gobihadros mongoliensis is represented by numerous specimens, including one virtually complete skeleton measuring almost three meters long. Anatomical analysis reveals that it doesn’t quite fit into the family Hadrosauridae, but is a close cousin, making it the first such dinosaur known from complete remains from the Late Cretaceous of central Asia.
Canadian co-author: David Evans, Royal Ontario Museum – d.evans@utoronto.ca
