Kundurosaurus

Kundur lizard

• Kundur · Place name (Russian) · the Kundur area in Amur Oblast, Russia, near where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Kundurosaurus is named after the Kundur area of Amur Oblast in far-eastern Russia, near where its bones were found, combined with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It is a hadrosaurid ("duck-billed") dinosaur. The only named species is Kundurosaurus nagornyi.

Named by

Godefroit, Bolotsky and Lauters

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Udurchukan Formation, Kundur, Amur Oblast, Russia

A lambeosaurine/hadrosaurid from the Russian Far East. Its relationship to other Amur hadrosaurs (e.g. Kerberosaurus, Olorotitan) has been discussed, so details of its exact placement are less certain.