Magnapaulia

"great Paulia" (large Paulia)

• magna · Latin · great, large
• Paulia · Latin · a Latinized personal-name element (Paul)

The name combines the Latin "magna" (great or large) with "Paulia", a personal-name element. The "large" part refers to the animal's very big size: it was one of the largest known lambeosaurine hadrosaurs. The genus was created for the species originally described as Lambeosaurus laticaudus ("broad tail"), whose deep tail is also notable.

Named by

Prieto-Márquez et al.

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

El Gallo Formation, Baja California, Mexico

A lambeosaurine (crested) hadrosaurid. The type species, Magnapaulia laticaudus, was first described by Morris in 1981 as Lambeosaurus laticaudus and moved to its own genus in 2012. I am not certain who the "Paulia" element honors, so I have not guessed.