Canardia is an extinct genus of lambeosaurine dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Marnes d'Auzas Formation of Haute-Garonne department, in Occitanie region, southwestern France. The type species C
The Larcan specimen (a right maxilla and quadrate) of Canardia found about 1 m under an iridium level marking the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.
Canardia garonnensis. Part of the dental battery of the lower jaw in occlusal (A) and lingual (B) views. Details of the crowns of the same specimens (C, E) and of an isolated dentary tooth (D).
Diagram of skull material
Ajnabia is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco. It is the first definitive hadrosaur from Africa and is thought to be related to European hadrosaurs like Adynomosaur
Canardia
…basal lambeosaurines called Aralosaurini. However, a different classification was proposed in 2021 by Longrich and colleagues when describing the genus Ajnabia from Morocco. Unlike previous studies which divided European lambeosaurines into different lineages (Lambeosaurini, Parasaurolophini, Tsintaosaurini…
Ajnabia odysseus maxilla by Nick Longrich
Reconstructed skull with known material in white
Restoration of Chenanisaurus hunting Ajnabia