Classification
Dinosauria
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Ornithischia
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Neornithischia
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Pyrodontia
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Cerapoda
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Ornithopoda
Sous-ordre
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Iguanodontia
Infraordre
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Euiguanodontia
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Dryomorpha
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Ankylopollexia
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Styracosterna
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Hadrosauriformes
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Hadrosauroidea
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Spheroolithidae
Famille
Sites de découverte 83 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
17
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
34
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
12
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
3
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
5
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
4
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Berriasien
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
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Bibliographie
Description originale
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