Malefica Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2023 (hadrosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae

Full reference: A. Prieto-Márquez and J. R. Wagner. 2023. A new ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) from the upper Campanian of Texas points to a greater diversity of early hadrosaurid offshoots. Cretaceous Research 143:105416

Parent taxon: Hadrosauridae according to A. Prieto-Márquez and J. R. Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Acheralichnus, Aquilarhinus, Arstanosaurus, Arstanosaurus akkurganensis, Cionodon, Claorhynchus, Diclonius, Edmontosaurinae, Eotrachodon, Euhadrosauria, Gryposaurinae, Hadrosaurinae, Hadrosaurus breviceps, Hadrosaurus cavatus, Hadrosaurus minor, Hypsibema, Lambeosaurinae, Lapampasaurus, Maiasaurinae, Microhadrosaurus, Neosaurus missouriensis, Ornithotarsus, Orthomerus, Parrosaurus, Prohadrosaurinae, Pteropelyx, Saurolophidae, Saurolophinae, Saurolophus krystofovici, Thespesius, Trachodon, Tridigitichnus, Troodon isfarensis, Tyrannosauropus, Willinakaqe, Yamatosaurus, Trachodontinae, Nectosaurus, Protrachodontinae

Subtaxa: Malefica deckerti

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Type: Malefica deckerti

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at TMM 41917/41918, Mesa de Anguila (Cretaceous of Texas)

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