Naashoibitosaurus

Say it like this: “nah-ah-sho-ee-BEE-to-SAWR-us”

Naashoibitosaurus ostromi

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

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When: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in: 1993 · Hunt, A. P.; Lucas, S. G.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 7.7 m · 25 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

In 1993, A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas published the name Naashoibitosaurus. The name means “creek lizard.”

Fossils referred to Naashoibitosaurus 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 Naashoibitosaurus at a length near 7.7 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

Ahshislesaurus

Ahshislesaurus wimani

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