Theiophytalia Brill and Carpenter 2007 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: K. Brill and K. Carpenter. 2007. A description of a new ornithopod from the Lytle Member of the Purgatoire Formation (Lower Cretaceous) and a reassessment of the skull of Camptosaurus. Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs 49-67

Parent taxon: Styracosterna according to A. T. McDonald 2012

See also Brill and Carpenter 2007, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2010, Milito 2010 and VerdĂș et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Calvarius, Cumnoria, Dakotadon, Delapparentia, Draconyx, Hadrosauriformes, Hippodraco, Iguanacolossus, Lanzhousaurus, Magnamanus, Napaisaurus, Riabininohadros

Subtaxa: Theiophytalia kerri

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Garden of the Gods (Cretaceous of Colorado)

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