Eolambia

dawn Lambe (dawn lambeosaur)

• eos · Greek · dawn
• Lambe · Latinised surname · after Lawrence Lambe, the Canadian paleontologist for whom the hadrosaur Lambeosaurus is also named

Eolambia means roughly "dawn Lambe", combining the Greek word for dawn with a reference to Lambeosaurus (honouring Lawrence Lambe). It was chosen because this early, primitive hadrosauroid appeared to come from near the dawn of the duck-billed dinosaur radiation. The type species is E. caroljonesa, named after Carol Jones.

Named by

Kirkland

Year named

1998

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Cenomanian

Found in

Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA

A basal hadrosauroid (iguanodontian) rather than a true hadrosaurid, and not closely related to lambeosaurines despite the name.