Genus

Valid Extinct

Tlatolophus

Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2021

Tlatolophus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur belonging to the tribe Parasaurolophini that lived during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mexico. The only species is the type species, Tlatolophus galorum.

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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Reconstruction of the skull of Tlatolophus galorum by sculptor Samuel Nieves Tlapaya (El Alebrije Prehistórico). Displayed in the lobby of the hosting hotel of the 12th Latin American Congress of Paleontology, held in Puebla, Mexico, during the first week of March 2025. © Levi Martinez-Reza (fotografía) Samuel Nieves Tlapaya "El Alebrije Prehistórico" (Escultura) · CC BY-SA 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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Lambeosaurinae Subfamily

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Parasaurolophini Tribe

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Tlatolophus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇲🇽 Mexico

Geological formations

Cerro del Pueblo

Temporal distribution

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Tlatolophus galorum 84 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

A. A. Ramírez-Velasco, F. J. Aguilar, and R. Hernández-Rivera, J. L. G. Maussán, M. L. Rodríguez, J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2021. Tlatolophus galorum, gen. et sp. nov., a parasaurolophini dinosaur from the upper Campanian of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, northern Mexico. Cretaceous Research DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Tlatolophus

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