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Secernosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Clade
  
Family
  
†Hadrosauridae

Scientific name
  
Secernosaurus

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
†Ornithopoda

Subfamily
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Secernosaurus img09deviantartnetf0fbi20071028dsecernosa

Similar
  
Kritosaurus, Prosaurolophus, Willinakaqe, Barsboldia, Gryposaurus

Secernosaurus (meaning "severed lizard") is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur. Secernosaurus was a hadrosaur, a "duck-billed" dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Argentina. Its name comes from the fact that it lived in South America, which during the Mesozoic Era was part of the southern supercontinent of Gondwana. Most other hadrosaurs lived in the northern supercontinent of Laurasia, so it was separated from its relatives. It was believed to be the hadrosaur from Gondwana until the discovery of Willinakaqe salitralensis in 2011.

The type species is Secernosaurus koerneri, described in 1979. A species named in 1984, Kritosaurus australis, is thought to be synonymous.

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References

Secernosaurus Wikipedia