Equijubus

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Equijubus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea Genus: Equijubus Species: E. normani
Binomial name
Equijubus normani You, 2003

Equijubus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a primitive hadrosaur or "duck-billed" dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in northwestern China.

The type species, Equijubus normani, was described by You et al. in 2003. The discoverers consider it the most primitive of the hadrosaurs, and suggest the group must have developed in Asia.

[edit] References

• http://www.sinofossa.org/sinosaur/equijubus.htm