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Morelladon beltrani
Taxonomy
Morelladon beltrani was named by Gasulla et al. (2015). Its type specimen is CMP-MS-03, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton including a complete right dentary tooth, six almost complete dorsal vertebrae, a dorsal centrum, several fragments of dorsals neural spines,), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Morella, which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain.
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2018-06-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-01-25
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Morelladon beltrani Gasulla et al. figs. 2-14 |
| 2016 | Morelladon beltrani Gasca et al. p. 72 |
| 2016 | Morelladon beltrani Gasulla et al. p. 75 |
| 2016 | Morelladon beltrani Verdú et al. p. 143 |
| 2018 | Morelladon beltrani Madzia et al. p. 968 |
| 2019 | Morelladon beltrani Ibiricu et al. p. 279 |
| 2021 | Morelladon beltrani Santos-Cubedo et al. p. 13 |
| 2021 | Morelladon beltrani Verdú et al. p. 4 |
| 2022 | Morelladon beltrani Ji and Zhang p. 6 |
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†Morelladon beltrani Gasulla et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. M. Gasulla et al. 2015 | A styracosternan iguanodontian with the following autapomorphies: dorsal neural spines are at least 4.3 times centrum height, extremely tall and deep vertical recess between postzygapophyses and proximal portion of the neural spines in mid-posterior dorsal vertebrae (2.6 times spine anteroposterior length), dorsosacral rib distally fused to the sacral yoke, midline ventral keel restricted to the anterior half of the centrum in sacrals 2 and 3, slightly pronounced and broad ventral keel restricted to the anterior half of the centrum in sacral 4, sacrodorsal and first sacral rib facets closely spaced and located dorsal to the remaining sacral rib facets near the dorsal margin of the ilium, medial ridge on the postacetabular process slopes posterodorsally to meet the point in which the dorsal margin of the ilium slopes posteroventrally forming a medially expanded and shallowly concave dorsal platform at posterior portion of the postacetabular process, and distal end of the ischium with a D cross-section due to lateral expansion. |