Morelladon beltrani Gasulla et al. 2015 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, I. Narváez, F. Ortega, and J. L. Sanz. 2015. A new sail-backed styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain. PLoS One 10(12):e0144167

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

See also Gasca et al. 2016, Gasulla et al. 2015, Gasulla et al. 2016, Ibiricu et al. 2019, Ji and Zhang 2022, Madzia et al. 2018, Verdú et al. 2016 and Verdú et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMP-MS-03, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton including a complete right dentary tooth, six almost complete dorsal vertebrae, a dorsal centrum, several fragments of dorsals neural spines,). Its type locality is Morella, which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Morella

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