Latirhinus
LAT-ih-RYE-nus /ˌlætɪˈraɪnəs/
Accepted genus
broad nose
- lati- · Latin · broad, wide
- rhinos · Greek · nose
The name combines the Latin word for "broad" with the Greek word for "nose". It refers to the animal's wide, enlarged nasal region, which had a large, humped snout. The genus was named by Prieto-Márquez and Serrano-Brañas in 2012 for a hadrosaur skeleton from northern Mexico.
- Named by
- Prieto-Márquez and Serrano-Brañas
- Year named
- 2012
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico
A hadrosaurid ("duck-billed" dinosaur). The type species is Latirhinus uitstlani. It is generally placed among the gryposaurin hadrosaurs.