Ouranosaurus nigeriensis Taquet 1972 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: P. Taquet. 1972. Il giacimento di Gadoufaoua [The locality of Gadoufaoua]. I Dinosauri del Teneré 41:51-60

Belongs to Ouranosaurus according to A. Santos-Cubedo et al. 2021

See also Bartholomai and Molnar 1981, Bell et al. 2019, Bell et al. 2018, Bertozzo et al. 2013, Bonaparte 1986, Buffetaut 1997, Carpenter and Ishida 2010, Casanovas et al. 1999, Casanovas et al. 1987, Congleton et al. 1992, Contreras et al. 2007, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017, Currie and Padian 1997, Fanti et al. 2016, Frances and Sanz 1989, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Galton 2009, Gates et al. 2018, Godefroit et al. 1998, Godefroit et al. 2017, Hassler et al. 2018, Herne et al. 2018, Horner 1988, Ibiricu et al. 2019, Ji and Zhang 2022, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2010, Molnar 1992, Mori et al. 2016, Norman 2004, Norman and Weishampel 1990, Novas et al. 2005, Paul 2007, Paul 2008, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2010, Pereda Suberbiola and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2013, Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2011, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2011, Prieto-Márquez 2011, Prieto-Márquez et al. 2006, Prieto-Marquez and Salinas 2010, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2010, Rotatori et al. 2022, Salisbury et al. 2016, Santafé et al. 1982, Taquet 1972, Taquet 1975, Taquet 1976, Taquet 1977, Taquet 1977, Taquet 1982, Taquet 1984, Taquet 2010, Tsogtbaatar et al. 2014, Verdú et al. 2015, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Wang et al. 2011, Weishampel and Bjork 1989, Weishampel et al. 1991, Weishampel and Weishampel 1983, Wright 1999, Xing et al. 2012, Xing et al. 2014 and Zheng et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN GDF 300, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Niger (4 collections), Tunisia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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