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Nanningosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
Dinosauria

Subfamily
  
Lambeosaurinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Sauropsida

Family
  
Hadrosauridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Ornithischia

Similar
  
Jiangjunosaurus, Lamaceratops, Platyceratops, Helioceratops, Gobiceratops

Nanningosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of the Nalong Basin, Guangxi, China. It is based on an incomplete skeleton including skull, arm, and hip remains. Some of its diagnostic characteristics include relatively few tooth positions, a gracile upper arm, and an ischium that curves towards its expanded tip. Mo J. and coauthors, who described the specimen, performed a phylogenetic analysis that suggests Nanningosaurus was a basal lambeosaurine, or crested duckbill. This animal is the first hadrosaurid from southern China. The type species is N. dashiensis.

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Nanningosaurus Wikipedia