Levnesovia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | † Ornithischia |
Clade: | † Ornithopoda |
Genus: | † Levnesovia Sues and Averianov, 2009 |
Species: | †L. transoxiana |
Binomial name | |
†Levnesovia transoxiana Sues and Averianov, 2009 | |
Levnesovia is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) 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 partial skulls, maxillae, dentaries and numerous bones of the postcranial skeleton.