Genus
Valid Extinct

Penelopognathus

Godefroit et al. 2005

Penelopognathus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur which lived in the Early Cretaceous Bayin-Gobi Formation in what is now China. The discovery of this taxon contributes to the hypothesis that hadrosauroids originated in Asia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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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Penelopognathus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Bayangobi
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Penelopognathus weishampeli 121 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
P. Godefroit, H. Li, and C.-Y. Shang. 2005. A new primitive hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (P. R. China). Comptes Rendus Palevol 4(8):697-705 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. Godefroit, H. Li, and C.-Y. Shang. 2005. A new primitive hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (P. R. China). Comptes Rendus Palevol 4(8):697-705 DOI ↗