Genus: Kerberosaurus BOLOTSKY & GODEFROIT, 2004
Etymology: Greek, Kerberos, Greek mothology’s monsterous dog was the
guardian of the Tartarus; it had a dragon tail and bore sanke heads along its
back and
Greek, sauros, "lizard."
= Kundurosaurus GODEFROIT, BOLOTSKY & LAUTERS,
2012
Etymology: From Kundar, Amur Region, Asian Russia, the type locality, and the transliterated, and Greek,
sauros, "lizard."
= Gryposaurus Species: Nova GODEFROIT, BOLOTSKY & LAUTERS,
2009
Species: manakini BOLOTSKY & GODEFROIT, 2004
Etymology: In honor of the Russian Colonel Manakin, pioneer of the palaeontological
research in the Amur Region, who first obtained dinosaur bones from the banks
of the Amur River.
Holotype: AENM 1/319
Locality: Upper part of Nagornaia street, 50°16’11.6”N, 127°28’33.1”E, west of Blagoveschensk City, Amur Region, Asian Russia.
Horizon: Middle of the Tsagayan Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Wodehouseia spinata-Aquilapollenites subtilis palynozone.
Age: ?Late Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Caudal part of a cranium.
Hypodigum:
ANEM 1/431: Fused and paired exoccipitials-opisthotics.
ANEM 1/30, 31, 32, 221: Frontals.
ANEM 1/243, 320: Prefrontals.
ANEM 1/200: Jugal.
ANEM 1/318, 324: Nasals.
ANEM 1/36: Squamosal.
ANEM 1/38: Quadrate.
ANEM 1/322, 323: Maxillae.
Referred material:
= Kundurosaurus nagornyi GODEFROIT, BOLOTSKY & LAUTERS, 2012
Etymology: In honor of V. A. Nagorny (Far Eastern Institute of Minearl Resources, FEB RAS), who discovered the Kundar Locality.Holotype: AENM 2/921
Locality: Kundar, N49°04'57.5", E130°51'34.1", Amur Province, Asian Russia.
Horizon: Udurchukan Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Wodehouseia spinata - Aquilapollenites subtiles palynozone.
Age: ?Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: A partial disarticulated skull.
Kundurosaurus nagornyi after GODEFROIT, BOLOTSKY & LAUTERS, 2012
Referred specimens.
AENM 2/45, 2/46: Jugals.
AENM 2/83, 2/84, 2/86: Maxillae.
AENM 2/57, 2/58: Nasals.
AENM 2/48: Postorbital.
AEN 2/19: Quadrate.
AENM 2/121, 2/928: Partial braincases.
AENM 2/846, 2/902: Dentaries.
AENM 2/906: Scapula.
AEN 2/913: Sternal.
AENM 2/117, 2/903, 2/907, 2/908: Humeri.
AENM 2/905: Ulna.
AENM 2/904: Radius.
AENM 2/922: Nearly complete pelvic girdle and associated sacral elements.