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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Telmatosauridae
Family
Fossil sites 25 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
23
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Magyar, A. Ősi, and Z. Csiki-Sava, S. Budai, G. Botfalvai. 2026. New early Maastrichtian ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur from Hațeg Basin (Densuș-Ciula Formation, Romania) documents an endemic clade of non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroids in the south-eastern Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1):2607800
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