Riabininohadros

Riabinin's stout one

• Riabinin · Russian (surname) · Anatoly Riabinin, the Russian palaeontologist who first described the material
• hadros · Greek · stout, bulky (a common root in hadrosaur names)

The name honours the Russian palaeontologist Anatoly Riabinin, who first described the fossils (originally as Orthomerus weberi). It is combined with the Greek "hadros" (stout, bulky), the root used in many duck-billed dinosaur names.

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Crimea (Ukraine)

A hadrosaurid ("duck-billed" dinosaur) based on fragmentary remains, with type species R. weberi, originally described as Orthomerus weberi. Its validity and exact classification are debated, and it may be regarded as a doubtful name by some authors. I have left the author and year blank because I am not sure of them.