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Kamuysaurus ("Mukawaryu") now described

Started by Halichoeres, September 05, 2019, 06:19:03 PM

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September 05, 2019, 06:19:03 PM
The large, substantially complete hadrosaur from Mukawa in Japan has now been described, and given the name Kamuysaurus japonicus ("kamuy lizard of Japan," where "kamuy" is any of the several deities in the religion of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido).

Here's the specimen:



And the paper (apparently open access, at least for now): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-48607-1

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September 06, 2019, 12:46:53 AM
Awesome!  Interesting that it seems to represent an early wave of hadrosaurs from North America to Asia and it may have had a crest that converged on Brachylophosaurus.  Cool stuff!

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