Charonosaurus
| Charonosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Reconstructed skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Lambeosaurinae |
| Tribe: | †Parasaurolophini |
| Genus: | †Charonosaurus Godefroit, Zan & Jin, 2000 |
| Species: | †C. jiayinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit, Zan & Jin, 2000 | |
Charonosaurus (/kəˌroʊnəˈsɔːrəs/ kə-ROH-nə-SOR-əs; meaning "Charon's lizard") is a genus of dinosaur whose fossils were discovered by Godefroit, Zan & Jin in 2000, on the south bank of the Amur River, dividing China from Russia. It is monotypic, consisting of the species C. jiayinensis.