Family
Valid Extinct

Tenontosauridae

Fonseca et al. 2024

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
85
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tenontosauridae
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Perot Museum Reconstructed skeleton of Convolosaurus in the foreground, with an adult Tenontosaurus behind it. Skeletons are from the Cloverly Formation of Montana. © Rodney · CC BY 2.0 · 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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Rhabdodontomorpha Unranked clade
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Tenontosauridae Family
Fossil sites 85 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
85
Geological formations
Cloverly
63
Antlers
9
Cedar Mountain
5
Twin Mountains
2
Arundel Clay
2
Shellenberger Canyon
2
Paluxy
1
Wayan
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
67
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
16
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. O. Fonseca, I. J. Reid, and A. Venner, R. J. Duncan, M. S. Garcia, R. T. Müller. 2024. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on early ornithischian evolution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2346577 DOI ↗
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