Genus
Valid Extinct

Gonkoken

Alarcón-Muñoz et al. 2023

Gonkoken is an extinct genus of hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Dorotea Formation of Chilean Patagonia. The genus contains a single species, Gonkoken nanoi, known from disarticulated bones of multiple individuals.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Gonkoken
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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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Gonkoken Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇱 Chile
1
Geological formations
Dorotea
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gonkoken nanoi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Alarcón-Muñoz, A. O. Vargas, and H. P. Püschel, S. Soto-Acuña, L. Manríquez, M. Leppe, J. Kaluza, V. Milla, C. S. Gutstein, J. Palma-Liberona, W. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey, J. P. Pino, D. Bajor, E. Núñez, H. Ortiz, D. Rubilar-Rogers, P. Cruzado-Caballero. 2023. Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the dinosaurs in subantarctic Chile. Science Advances 9:eadg2456:1-17 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Alarcón-Muñoz, A. O. Vargas, and H. P. Püschel, S. Soto-Acuña, L. Manríquez, M. Leppe, J. Kaluza, V. Milla, C. S. Gutstein, J. Palma-Liberona, W. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey, J. P. Pino, D. Bajor, E. Núñez, H. Ortiz, D. Rubilar-Rogers, P. Cruzado-Caballero. 2023. Relict duck-billed dinosaurs survived into the last age of the dinosaurs in subantarctic Chile. Science Advances 9:eadg2456:1-17 DOI ↗