Levnesovia_transoxiana

<i>Levnesovia</i>

Levnesovia

Extinct genus of dinosaurs

Levnesovia is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.[1] It was related to Bactrosaurus. The type species is L. transoxiana. The genus name honours the late Russian paleontologist Lev Nesov, and the specific name refers to the ancient region Transoxiana.[1] It is known from the minority of the skull and would have reached around two meters in length.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Hans-Dieter Sues and Alexander Averianov. (2009). "A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and the early radiation of duck-billed dinosaurs." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276(1667): 2549-2555. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0229
  2. [2]
    Paul, Gregory S. The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, 2010.


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