Ahshislesaurus
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Ahshislesaurus
DV-1263 · type species Ahshislesaurus wimani
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Dalman et al. 2025
Field notes
About Ahshislesaurus
Ahshislesaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Ahshislesaurus, from New Mexico. Its fossils come from the Kirtland Formation. It was named by Dalman et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. G. Dalman, S. E. Jasinski, and D. E. Malinzak, S. G. Lucas, M. Kundrát, A. R. Fiorillo. 2025. A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Hunter Wash Member, Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Fossil Record 11. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 101