Plesiolophus
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Plesiolophus
DV-1313 · type species Plesiolophus warnerensis
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- McFeeters et al. 2026
Field notes
About Plesiolophus
Plesiolophus 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 1 find of Plesiolophus, from Alberta. Its fossils come from the Oldman Formation. It was named by McFeeters et al. in 2026.
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: B. D. McFeeters, D. C. Evans, and M. J. Ryan, H. C. Maddin. 2026. A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 63:1-23