Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum Rotatori et al. 2024 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: F. M. Rotatori, L. Ferrari, C. Sequero, B. Camilo, O. Mateus and M. Moreno-Azanza. 2024. An unexpected early-diverging iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(4):e2310066:1-18

Belongs to Hesperonyx according to F. M. Rotatori et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ML 2700, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Praia de Porto Dinheiro, which is in a Kimmeridgian fluvial-deltaic siltstone/conglomerate in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Praia de Porto Dinheiro

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