Ahshislesaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1263Kirtland Fm., New Mexico

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

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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