Coahuilasaurus
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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
80 million years ago
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