Genus

Valid Extinct

Morelladon

Gasulla et al. 2015

Morelladon is an extinct genus of herbivorous styracosternan ornithopod dinosaur. It lived during the Early Cretaceous of Spain, around 130 million years ago.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Dorsal vertebrae series of the holotype specimen of Morelladon beltrani (CMP-MS-03). CMP-MS-03-06, -07 (including CMP-MS-03-17 and -29) and -05 (including CMP-MS-03-08) in left lateral (A) view. Interpretive drawing of CMP-MS-03-05 (including CMP-MS-03-08 neural spine) in left lateral (B) view. Abbreviations: ns, neural spine; poz, postzygapophysis; pre, prezygapophysis; rec, vertical recess; tp, transverse process. © José Miguel Gasulla, Fernando Escaso, Iván Narváez, Francisco Ortega, José Luis Sanz · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia

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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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Morelladon Genus

Measurements

Length

7,6 m ⓘ

Morelladon beltrani

Mass

1 900 kg ⓘ

Morelladon beltrani

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇪🇸 Spain

Geological formations

Arcillas de Morella

Temporal distribution

Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)

Species (1)

Morelladon beltrani 126 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, and I. Narváez, F. Ortega, J. L. Sanz. 2015. A new sail-backed styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain. PLoS One 10(12):e0144167 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Morelladon

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