Genus
Valid Extinct

Huehuecanauhtlus

Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012
Etymology Canard ancien, du Náhuatl (un groupe de dialectes apparentés a la langue Aztèque) ''huehuetl'' anciens, vieux et ''canauhtli'', canard.

Huehuecanauhtlus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of Michoacán, western Mexico. It contains a single species, Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Huehuecanauhtlus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Huehuecanauhtlus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
2
Geological formations
Cutzamala
2
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis 86 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. A. Ramírez-Velasco, M. Benammi, and A. Prieto-Marquez, J. Alvarado Ortega, R. Hernández-Rivera. 2012. Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis, a new hadrosauroid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Michoacán, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49:379-395 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. A. Ramírez-Velasco, M. Benammi, and A. Prieto-Marquez, J. Alvarado Ortega, R. Hernández-Rivera. 2012. Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis, a new hadrosauroid dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Michoacán, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49:379-395 DOI ↗