Barilium
Barilium is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of Iguanodon (I. dawsoni) by Richard Lydekker in 1888, the specific epithet honouring the discoverer Charles Dawson.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Clade: | Styracosterna |
| Genus: | Barilium Norman, 2010 |
| Species: | B. dawsoni
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| Barilium dawsoni (Lydekker, 1888 [originally Iguanodon])
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Barilium Media
Middle dorsal vertebra of Barilium dawsoni.
Restoration of Cumnoria prestwichii
Life restoration of Iguanacolossus
Life restoration of Hippodraco scutodens.
Life reconstruction of Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
Hypselospinus
Lurdusaurus
Equijubus is the most basal hadrosauroid, suggesting that this group of dinosaurs originated in Asia. It was fairly large at 7 m in length, and weighing around 2.5 t. Fossil remains are associated with grass microfossils, implying that it was likely a grazer. These specimens are some of the oldest known grass fossils, and make Equijubus the oldest dinosaur known to eat grass.
References
- ↑ Lydekker, Richard. Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44 (1–4) (1888). p. 46–61. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1888.044.01-04.08.