Penelopognathus Godefroit et al. 2005 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: P. Godefroit, H. Li, and C.-Y. Shang. 2005. A new primitive hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (P. R. China). Comptes Rendus Palevol 4(8):697-705

Parent taxon: Hadrosauroidea according to A. A. Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Godefroit et al. 2005, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2010 and Verdú et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Bactrosaurus, Batyrosaurus, Cedrorestes, Claosaurus, Datonglong, Eolambia, Equijubus, Fukuisaurus, Fylax, Gilmoreosaurus, Gobihadros, Gongpoquansaurus, Gonkoken, Hadrosauridae, Huehuecanauhtlus, Iguanodon hillii, Jeyawati, Jintasaurus, Koshisaurus, Levnesovia, Morelladon, Nanningosaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Ovaloolithidae, Plesiohadros, Portellsaurus, Probactrosaurus, Protohadros, Ratchasimasaurus, Shuangmiaosaurus, Sirindhorna, Spheroolithidae, Tanius, Telmatosaurus, Tethyshadros, Trachodon cantabrigiensis, Xuwulong, Yunganglong, Zhanghenglong, Zuoyunlong

Subtaxa: Penelopognathus weishampeli

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Qiriga Village (Cretaceous of China)

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