Nevadadromeus schmitti Bonde et al. 2022 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Neornithischia - Thescelosauridae

Full reference: J. W. Bonde, R. L. Hall, L. J. Krumenacker and D. J. Varricchio. 2022. Nevadadromeus schmitti (gen. et sp. nov.), a new basal neornithischian with affinities to the Thescelosaurinae, from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Willow Tank Formation of southern Nevada. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 50(1):1-8

Belongs to Nevadadromeus according to J. W. Bonde et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NSC 2008-002, a partial skeleton (proximal left femur, proximal right femur, four complete vertebral centra, three pedal unguals, two complete pedal phalanges, and as yet uniden- tified fragment). Its type locality is Valley of Fire State Park (PROXY), which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Willow Tank Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Valley of Fire State Park (PROXY)

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