Genus
Valid Extinct

Lurdusaurus

Taquet and Russell 1999

Lurdusaurus is a genus of massive and unusually shaped iguanodont dinosaur from the Elrhaz Formation in Niger. It contains one species, L. arenatus. The formation dates to the Early Cretaceous, roughly 112 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Lurdusaurus
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Fossil of Lurdusaurus, an ornithopod dinosaur Took the photo at Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Iguanodontoidea Superfamily
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Lurdusaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇪 Niger
1
Geological formations
Elrhaz
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Gravisaurus tenerensis objective synonym of Lurdusaurus arenatus 113 Ma
Lurdusaurus arenatus 113 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Gravisaurus objective synonym of Lurdusaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. Taquet and D. A. Russell. 1999. A massively-constructed iguanodont from Gadoufaoua, Lower Cretaceous of Niger. Annales de Paléontologie 85(1):85-96 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. Taquet and D. A. Russell. 1999. A massively-constructed iguanodont from Gadoufaoua, Lower Cretaceous of Niger. Annales de Paléontologie 85(1):85-96 DOI ↗