Ajnabia

Say it like this: “aj-NAH-bee-uh”

Ajnabia odysseus

Ajnabia ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Morocco.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2021 · Longrich, N. R.; Suberbiola, X. P.; Pyron, R. A.; Jalil, N. E.
Hip height: 1.4 m · 5 ft
Length: 3.5 m · 11 ft
Weight: 450 kg · 992 lb
Found in: Morocco · Phosphates of the Oulad Abdoun Basin
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Lambeosaurinae

The story in short

In 2021, N. R. Longrich and colleagues published the name Ajnabia.

Fossils referred to Ajnabia date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Morocco, including the Phosphates of the Oulad Abdoun Basin Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

Published estimates put Ajnabia at a length near 3.5 m, hips about 1.4 m high, and a body mass around 450 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Lambeosaurinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Adelolophus

Adelolophus hutchisoni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Adynomosaurus

Adynomosaurus arcanus

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago

Amurosaurus

Amurosaurus riabinini

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago