Ornatops McDonald et al. 2021 (hadrosaurine)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae

Full reference: A. T. McDonald, D. G. Wolfe, E. A. Freedman Fowler and T. A. Gates. 2021. A new brachylophosaurin (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. PeerJ 9:e11084:1-28

Parent taxon: Brachylophosaurini according to A. T. McDonald et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Acristavus, Brachylophosaurus, Hadrosaurus, Maiasaura, Probrachylophosaurus, Wulagasaurus

Subtaxa: Ornatops incantatus

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Type: Ornatops incantatus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ornatops type locality [WSC] (PROXY) (Cretaceous of New Mexico)

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