Gobihadros

Gobi stout one (Gobi hadrosaur)

• Gobi · Mongolian · Gobi Desert (waterless place)
• hadros · Greek · bulky, stout

The name combines "Gobi", for the Gobi Desert of Mongolia where the fossils were found, with the Greek "hadros", meaning "bulky" or "stout". "Hadros" is the root of Hadrosaurus and the hadrosaurs. The name marks it as a hadrosaur-like dinosaur from the Gobi. The type species is Gobihadros mongoliensis.

Named by

Tsogtbaatar et al.

Year named

2019

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Baynshire Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

A hadrosauroid ornithopod, a close relative of true hadrosaurs but outside the group Hadrosauridae. It is known from several specimens, including juveniles.