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Hypsibema missouriensis (/ ˌ h ɪ p s ɪ ˈ b iː m ə m ɪ ˌ z ʊər i ˈ ɛ n s ɪ s /; [1] originally Neosaurus missouriensis, first renamed to Parrosaurus missouriensis, [1] [2] also spelled Hypsibema missouriense [3]) is a species of plant-eating dinosaur in the genus Hypsibema, and the state dinosaur of the U.S. state Missouri.
Hypsibema is an extinct genus of very large basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of eastern North America. The type species is H. crassicauda , with a potential second species in H. missouriensis (now generally placed in its own genus, Parrosaurus ).
Hypsibema missouriensis: 2004 [1] [8] Endangered species: Hellbender salamander Cryptobranchus alleganiensis: 2019 [9] Exercise: Jumping jacks: 2014 [9] Fish: Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus: 1997 [1] [10] Flower: Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw") [1] Crataegus punctata: 1923 [11] Football team: Kansas City Chiefs 2019 [12 ...
May possibly represent Junior synonym of Hypsibema missouriensis. Is the state dinosaur of Missouri. Pawpawsaurus: Lower Cretaceous: herbivore: Nodosaur that was unearthed in Texas. Priconodon: Lower Cretaceous: herbivore: Nodosaur from Maryland found only from fossilized teeth. Protohadros: Lower Cretaceous: herbivore
More recently, in 1989, the Pennsylvanian sea lily, Delocrinus missouriensis, was designated the Missouri state fossil. In 2004, Hypsibema missouriensis was designated the state dinosaur. This dinosaur occurrence is associated with clay beds in an area of anomalous geology which may be a graben and associated paleokarst which may be associated ...
English: Potential size of Hypsibema (=Parrosaurus) missouriensis. Despite being known from poor remains, it is the state fossil of Missouri. Date: 30 September 2017:
A species of the hadrosaur dinosaur Hypsibema, H. missouriensis, is also called Neosaurus, although because the name was already in use, that species was renamed Parrosaurus before being reassigned to Hypsibema. [7]
Hypsibema missouriensis, possibly even all of the other hadrosaurs living on Appalachia, had serrated teeth for chewing the vegetation in the area. [74] Hadrosaur fossils from the Kanguk Formation in Axel Heiberg Island in Nunavut, Canada show that hadrosaurs were rather widespread throughout Appalachia.