原賴氏龍(屬名:Eolambia,意為「破曉的賴氏龍亞科」)是植食性鴨嘴龍超科的一屬恐龍,來自白堊紀晚期之初的美國。底下包含單一物種:卡蘿瓊斯原賴氏龍(E. caroljonesa),於1998年由古生物學家詹姆斯·科克蘭(英语:James I. Kirkland)所命名。原賴氏龍的正模標本是在1993年由卡蘿和拉瑪·瓊斯(Carole and Ramal Jones)發現,種名即紀念前者。自此之後,包括成體與幼體的數百具骨骼相繼被發現,幾乎涵蓋整副骨架的所有部位。所有標本都是來自猶他州艾麥里縣的雪松山組穆森圖奇段(Mussentuchit Member)地層。
在科克蘭最初的敘述中,他認為原賴氏龍屬於鴨嘴龍科,以大衛·魏尚沛(英语:David B. Weishampel)、大衛·諾曼(英语:David B. Norman)、丹·奎戈瑞斯庫(Dan Grigorescu)1993年的定義為依據。魏尚沛等人以七個共同特徵來定義鴨嘴龍科:①上頜骨升突向上擴張②缺乏將方骨與方軛骨分隔開來的副方孔(paraquadrate foramen)③隅骨在下頜內面的位置④上隅骨缺乏上隅孔⑤上頜骨牙齒狹窄⑥每個齒位長著三顆或更多顆牙齒⑦肩胛骨上緣的縮減。[15]在原賴氏龍中可觀察到第①⑤⑥⑦個特徵,其餘因材料缺乏而未知。科克蘭進一步將原賴氏龍歸入真鴨嘴龍類(Euhadrosauria),根據魏尚沛等人的定義,包含鴨嘴龍科內主要兩個分支:鴨嘴龍亞科和賴氏龍亞科的共同祖先、及其所有後代。[15]他的分類以五項特徵為依據,原賴氏龍全部都有:①前上頜骨有小齒突(英语:Denticle (tooth feature))②方骨與下頜的關節狹窄③齒骨牙齒狹窄④每顆牙齒上都有單一邊緣隆突⑤肱骨三角肌嵴呈角度。[2]
2001年,傑森·黑德(Jason Head)根據奧克拉荷馬自然史博館保存的原賴氏龍標本重新檢驗其種系發生學位置。他意識到科克蘭提到原賴氏龍擁有所謂的賴氏龍亞科特徵不是錯誤就是可疑的。如黑德所述,前上頜骨其實有一個孔洞;前上頜骨僅有底緣與鼻孔接壤;上頜骨前面除了板狀物還有兩個指狀突起;尾椎的高神經棘也可在非賴氏龍亞科的豪勇龍和巴克龍身上觀察到;且坐骨末端擴張也可見於彎龍、禽龍、豪勇龍、計氏龍、巴克龍,代表這是禽龍類的祖徵(英语:Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy),而到鴨嘴龍亞科才失去。[18]雖然ML·卡薩諾瓦斯(M.L. Casanovas)等人於1999年的研究將賴氏龍亞科描述為坐骨末端有擴張的靴狀突而非棒狀,[20]黑德反駁道冠龍和賴氏龍[21]的坐骨末端沒有像曼特爾龍或豪勇龍來得那麼擴張。[14][22]
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