Coahuilasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1230Cerro del Pueblo Fm., Mexico

Coahuilasaurus

DV-1230 · type species Coahuilasaurus lipani

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
Found in
Mexico
Named by
Longrich et al. 2024

Field notes

About Coahuilasaurus

Coahuilasaurus 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 Coahuilasaurus, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation. It was named by Longrich et al. in 2024.

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: N. R. Longrich, A. A. Ramirez Velasco, and J. Kirkland, A. E. Bermúdez Torres, C. I. Serrano-Brañas. 2024. Coahuilasaurus lipani, a New Kritosaurin Hadrosaurid from the Upper Campanian Cerro Del Pueblo Formation, Northern Mexico. Diversity 16(9):531