Genus

Valid Extinct

Eotrachodon

Prieto-Márquez et al. 2016

Eotrachodon is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous of eastern North America. The holotype was found in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama in 2007 and includes a well-preserved skull and partial skeleton, making it a rare find among dinosaurs of Appalachia.

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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Right premaxilla of Eotrachodon orientalis (holotype MSC 7949). (A) Dorsal view. (B) Rostral view. (C) Lateral view. (D) Rostral view of rostral layer of premaxillary denticles. (E) Ventral view of premaxillary denticles. (F) Ventral view. (G) Medioventral view. © Albert Prieto-Márquez1, Gregory M. Erickson2, Jun A. Ebersole3 · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Hadrosauridae Family

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Eotrachodon Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Mooreville Chalk

Temporal distribution

Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)

Species (1)

Eotrachodon orientalis 86 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

A. Prieto-Márquez, G. M. Erickson, and J. A. Ebersole. 2016. A primitive hadrosaurid from southeastern North America and the origin and early evolution of ‘duck-billed’ dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054495:1-10 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Eotrachodon

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