Proa valdearinnoensis McDonald et al. 2012 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: A. T. McDonald, E. Espílez, L. Mampel, J. I. Kirkland, and L. Alcalá. 2012. An unusual new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Teruel, Spain. Zootaxa 3595:61-76

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

See also Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Gasca et al. 2013, Gasulla et al. 2014, Gasulla et al. 2016, Gates et al. 2018, Ji and Zhang 2022, Kirkland et al. 2013, McDonald et al. 2012, Royo-Torres et al. 2013, Verdú et al. 2015 and Zheng et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MAP AR-1/19, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton consisting of a disarticulated but associated skull including the premaxillae, partial maxillae, quadrates, supraorbitals, articulated brainc). Its type locality is Santa Maria Mine, Ariño (AR-1), which is in an Albian mire/swamp coal/mudstone in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Maria Mine, Ariño (AR-1)

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