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beaked plant-eater
Ahshislesaurus
Say it like this: “AHSH-iss-luh-SOR-rus”
Ahshislesaurus wimani
Ahshislesaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Dalman, S. G.; Jasinski, S. E.; Malinzak, D. E.; Lucas, S. G.; Kundrát, M.; Fiorillo, A. R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 11 m · 36 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Kirtland
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
The genus Ahshislesaurus dates to 2025, the year S. G. Dalman and colleagues described it. The name means “salt, it is gray.”
Fossils referred to Ahshislesaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Kirtland Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Ahshislesaurus at a length near 11 m.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acristavus
Acristavus gagslarsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anasazisaurus
Anasazisaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Augustynolophus
Augustynolophus morrisi
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago