Tenontosaurus

Description

Tenontosaurus (ténontosaure en français) est un genre fossile de dinosaures ornithopodes d'assez grande taille. Il a vécu aux États-Unis au cours du Crétacé inférieur, plus précisément de l'Aptien-Albien, soit il y a environ entre 121,4 et 100,5 millions d'années.

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

Attibution: Ostrom 1970¹³⁵²⁵
Statut: Valide
Nom commun:
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Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
Mode de vie: terrestrial
Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
Vision: ?
Alimentation: herbivore
Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
Classification: Tenontosauridae >> Rhabdodontomorpha >> Iguanodontia >> Clypeodonta >> Ornithopoda >> Cerapoda >> Genasauria >> Ornithischia >> Dinosauria
Période: Aptian - Cenomanian (de -121.40 Ma à -93.90 Ma)

Espèce(s):
- Tenontosaurus tilletti (Valide)¹³⁵²⁵
- Tenontosaurus dossi (Valide)¹⁴²⁵⁷

Specimen(s):

Tenontosaurus dossi: holotype FWMSH 93B1 - skull, scapula (both) , coracoid (both) , humerus (left) , ulna (left) , radius (left) , femur (left) , tibia (left) , fibula (left)
Tenontosaurus dossi: FWMSH 93B2 - coracoid (right) , humerus (left) , ulna (right) , radius (right)
Détail des Spécimens

Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
- Tenontosaurus
- Tenontosaurus tilletti
- Tenontosaurus dossi
Découverte(s): 83 occcurrences
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- États-Unis
  - Arizona
    - Pima
      - Formation Shellenberger Canyon
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  - Idaho
    - Caribou
      - Formation Wayan
        Tenontosaurus: ? ¹⁴³⁷⁵
  - Maryland
    - Howard
      - Formation Arundel Clay
        Tenontosaurus: ? ⁶¹⁵¹⁸
    - Prince George's
      - Formation Arundel Clay
        Tenontosaurus: ? ³⁰⁶⁰¹
  - Montana
    - Big Horn
      - Formation Cloverly
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    - Carbon
      - Formation Cloverly
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    - Wheatland
      - Formation Cloverly
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    - Yellowstone
      - Formation Cloverly
        Tenontosaurus tilletti: ? ¹³⁵²⁵
  - Oklahoma
    - Atoka
      - Formation Antlers
        Tenontosaurus: ? ¹²¹⁹
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        Tenontosaurus tilletti: ? ⁸⁹¹⁴⁷
  - Texas
    - Montague
      - Formation Antlers
        Tenontosaurus: ? ⁷⁶⁰⁰
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    - Parker
      - Formation Twin Mountains
        Tenontosaurus dossi: FWMSH 93B1: skull, scapula (both) , coracoid (both) , humerus (left) , ulna (left) , radius (left) , femur (left) , tibia (left) , fibula (left) FWMSH 93B2: coracoid (right) , humerus (left) , ulna (right) , radius (right) ¹⁴²⁵⁷
    - Wise
      - Formation Antlers
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      - Formation Paluxy
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  - Utah
    - Carbon
      - Formation Cedar Mountain
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    - Grand
      - Formation Cedar Mountain
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    - Uintah
      - Formation Cedar Mountain
        Tenontosaurus: ? ⁸¹⁴⁸⁰
    - Wayne
      - Formation Cedar Mountain
        Tenontosaurus: ? ³⁵⁰¹⁸
  - Wyoming
    - Big Horn
      - Formation Cloverly
        Tenontosaurus: ? ¹³⁵²⁵
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        Tenontosaurus tilletti: ? ⁴⁴⁰⁰⁰
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    - Bighorn
      - Formation Cloverly
        Tenontosaurus tilletti: ? ³⁴⁷⁵⁰
Historique des modifications:

Référence	Type	Partie	Côté	Dimension (en cm)	Lieu de découverte	Commentaires
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	skull		length: 417	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	scapula	both	length: 494	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	coracoid	both	width: 179, length: 153	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker	length is actually height, good enough
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	humerus	left	length: 466	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	ulna	left	length: 359	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	radius	left	length: 341	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	femur	left	length: 557	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	tibia	left	length: 565	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B1	holotype	fibula	left	length: 520	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B2		coracoid	right	width: 206, length: 190	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker	length is actually height, sorry
FWMSH 93B2		humerus	left	length: 529	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B2		ulna	right	length: 405	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker
FWMSH 93B2		radius	right	length: 391	Collection: Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1- Lieu: US, Texas, Parker

Pas de modification récente.

Publication(s)

La base comprend 19 publication(s).

Source: The Paleobiology Database

↑^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59}J. H. Ostrom. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Bulletin 35:1-234
↑^{1 2}D. A. Winkler, P. A. Murry, and L. L. Jacobs. 1997. A new species of Tenontosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2):330-348 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1997.10010978)
↑^{1 2}S. G. Lucas and A. B. Heckert. 2005. Distribution, age and correlation of Cretaceous fossil vertebrates from Arizona. In A. B. Heckert & S. G. Lucas (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Arizona. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 29:105-110
↑¹J. A. Dorr, Jr. 1985. Newfound Early Cretaceous dinosaurs and other fossils in southeastern Idaho and westernmost Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(3):73-85
↑¹D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87
↑¹T. R. Lipka, F. Therrien, and D. B. Weishampel, H. A. Jamniczky, W. G. Joyce, M. W. Colbert, D. B. Brinkman. 2006. A new turtle from the Arundel Clay facies (Potomac Formation, Early Cretaceous) of Maryland, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):300-307 (https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[300:antfta]2.0.co;2)
↑^{1 2 3}M. P. J. Oreska, M. T. Carrano, and K. M. Dzikiewicz. 2013. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):264-292 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2012.717567)
↑¹W. D. Maxwell and J. H. Ostrom. 1995. Taphonomy and paleobiological implications of Tenontosaurus-Deinonychus associations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(4):707-712 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1995.10011256)
↑¹J. R. Nudds, D. R. Lomax, and J. P. Tennant. 2022. Gastroliths and Deinonychus teeth associated with a skeleton of Tenontosaurus from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Montana, USA. Cretaceous Research 140 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105327)
↑^{1 2}R. L. Cifelli, J. D. Gardner, and R. L. Nydam, D. L. Brinkman. 1997. Additions to the vertebrate fauna of the Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous), southeastern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 57(4):124-131
↑^{1 2}K. L. Davies. 2002. The McLeod sites (a supplement to Field Trip 2). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 62nd Annual Meeting. Field Trip Guidebook. Field Trip 2. Cretaceous of Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas. Oklahoma Geological Survey Open-File Report 10-2002:1-7
↑^{1 2 3}W. Langston. 1974. Nonmammalian Comanchean tetrapods. Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8:77-102
↑¹D. Thomas. 2015. The cranial anatomy of Tenontosaurus tilletti Ostrom, 1970 (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda). Palaeontologia Electronica 18(2):37A:1–99 (https://doi.org/10.26879/450)
↑^{1 2}D. A. Winkler, P. A. Murry, and L. L. Jacobs. 1990. Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) vertebrates of central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(1):95-116 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1990.10011794)
↑¹J. I. Kirkland, M. B. Suarez, and C. A. Suarez, R. K. Hunt-Foster. 2016. The Medial Cretaceous in East-Central Utah—the Cedar Mountain Formation and its Bounding Strata. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Field Trip Guide. (https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847716647135)
↑¹J. I. Kirkland, R. L. Cifelli, and B. B. Britt, D. L. Burge, F. L. DeCourten, J. G. Eaton, J. M. Parrish. 1999. Distribution of vertebrate faunas in the Cedar Mountain Formation, east-central Utah. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99(1):201-218
↑¹J. I. Kirkland, S. K. Madsen, and G. Hunt, D. D. DeBlieux, D. Gray. 2011. Planning, excavating, and reclaiming a dinosaur excavation using mechanized equipment in the 21st Century. Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Fossil Resources, Kemmerer, WY. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 49(A):17-18
↑¹V. L. Santucci and J. I. Kirkland. 2010. An Overview of National Park Service Paleontological Resources from the Parks and Monuments in Utah. Utah Geological Association Publication 28 (third edition) 28:589-623
↑¹P. M. Gignac, P. J. Makovicky, and G. M. Erickson, R. P. Walsh. 2010. A description of Deinonychus antirrhopus bite marks and estimates of bite force using tooth indentation simulations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1169-1177 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2010.483535)

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Deinonychus antirrhopus and Tenontosaurus tilletti fossils. Exhibit...

Tenontosaurus tilletti, an ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous of...

Fossil Tenontosaurus, on display in the Museum of the Rockies in...

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