Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 30, 2024 9:19:56 GMT
A dubious hadrosaurid:
Name: Pteropelyx
Pronunciation: Teh-row-pell-ix
Meaning of name: "Winged pelvis"
Species: P. grallipes
Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Lambeosaurinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)
Diet: Herbivore
First fossils found: Known only from fragmentary specimens, including a partial skeleton lacking the skull, discovered in the Judith River Formation of Montana. Named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1889. Some palaeontologists believe Pteropelyx and Corythosaurus may be the same animal, however, without the skull, it's impossible to determine this with any certainty.
Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
Name: Pteropelyx
Pronunciation: Teh-row-pell-ix
Meaning of name: "Winged pelvis"
Species: P. grallipes
Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Lambeosaurinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)
Diet: Herbivore
First fossils found: Known only from fragmentary specimens, including a partial skeleton lacking the skull, discovered in the Judith River Formation of Montana. Named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1889. Some palaeontologists believe Pteropelyx and Corythosaurus may be the same animal, however, without the skull, it's impossible to determine this with any certainty.
Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
