Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Full reference: T. A. Gates, S. D. Sampson, C. R. Delgado Jesús, L. E. Zanno, D. A. Eberth, E. Hernández-Rivera, M. C. Aguillón Martínez and J. I. Kirkland. 2007. Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):917-930
Parent taxon: Corythosaurini according to P. Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2013
See also Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017, Gates et al. 2007, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Marquez and Salinas 2010, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2010, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2014, Sullivan et al. 2011 and Takasaki et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Corythosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Lambeosaurus
Subtaxa: Velafrons coahuilensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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