Istiorachis Lockwood et al. 2025 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: J. A. F. Lockwood, D. M. Martill, and S. C. R. Maidment. 2025. The origins of neural spine elongation in iguanodontian dinosaurs and the osteology of a new sail‐back styracosternan (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Group of England. Papers in Palaeontology 11(4):e70034:1-38

Parent taxon: Styracosterna according to J. A. F. Lockwood et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Calvarius, Cumnoria, Dakotadon, Delapparentia, Draconyx, Hadrosauriformes, Hippodraco, Iguanacolossus, Lanzhousaurus, Magnamanus, Napaisaurus, Riabininohadros, Theiophytalia

Subtaxa: Istiorachis macarthurae

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Type: Istiorachis macarthurae

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 100 m east of Grange Chine (bed L11) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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