Iyuku raathi 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. The Anatomical Record 306:1762-1803

Belongs to Iyuku according to C. A. Forster et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AM 6150, a partial skeleton (a partial, semi-articulated skeleton that preserves part of the skull, vertebral centra and arches, scapulae, pelvic girdle, both hind limbs, and ribs). Its type locality is Kirkwood Cliffs ‘Lookout’, Kirkwood Quarry, which is in a Valanginian floodplain mudstone in the Kirkwood Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kirkwood Cliffs ‘Lookout’, Kirkwood Quarry

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