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A Lambeosaurine Hadrosaur known only from a partial lower jaw, a fragmentary head crest, cervical vertebrae and a fragment of the ischium. The remains of Phosphatodon daouiensis were recovered from the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco and have been dated to the Middle Paleocene (c.61-58). From the little that is known of this animal, it appears to be a close relative of the Cretaceous Spanish Hadrosaur Pararhabdodon and a member of the Tsintaosaurini. The appearance of Phosphatodon in North Africa signals the beginning of a significant radiation of Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurs on the African continent, one that would dominate mid-sized herbivore niches there until the Middle Miocene.

Description
Illustrated by the talented Sheather888.

A Lambeosaurine Hadrosaur known only from a partial lower jaw, a fragmentary head crest, cervical vertebrae and a fragment of the ischium. The remains of Phosphatodon daouiensis were recovered from the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco and have been dated to the Middle Paleocene (c.61-58). From the little that is known of this animal, it appears to be a close relative of the Cretaceous Spanish Hadrosaur Pararhabdodon and a member of the Tsintaosaurini. The appearance of Phosphatodon in North Africa signals the beginning of a significant radiation of Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurs on the African continent, one that would dominate mid-sized herbivore niches there until the Middle Miocene.