Iyuku Forster et al. 2022 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: C. A. Forster, W. J. de Klerk, K. E. Poole, A. Chinsamy-Turan, and E. M. C. F. Roberts Ross. 2022. Iyuku raathi, a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation, South Africa. Anatomical Record 1-42

Parent taxon: Iguanodontia according to C. A. Forster et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Albisaurus, Albisaurus scutifer, Anoplosaurus major, Bihariosaurus, Camptosauroidea, Choyrodon, Convolosaurus, Dryomorpha, Elasmaria, Eucercosaurus, Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus, Euiguanodontia, Fulgurotherium, Iguanodon ottingeri, Iguanodontoidea, Loncosaurus, Mantellisaurus, Osmakasaurus, Planicoxa, Rhabdodontomorpha, Sektensaurus, Sphenospondylus, Syngonosaurus, Syngonosaurus macrocercus, Tenontosaurus, Tichosteus, Vectisaurus, Yueosaurus

Subtaxa: Iyuku raathi

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Type: Iyuku raathi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 2.65 km south of Kirkwood (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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