Genus
Valid Extinct

Taleta

Longrich et al. 2025

Taleta is an extinct genus of lambeosaurine ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Taleta taleta, known from two upper jaw bones. It is the third member of the clade Arenysaurini found from this locality, after Ajnabia and Minqaria.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Taleta
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maxilla of the Moroccan lambeosaur Taleta taleta © NickLongrich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Hadrosauridae Family
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Lambeosaurinae Subfamily
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Arenysaurini Unranked clade
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Taleta Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Couche III
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Taleta taleta 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N. Bardet, N. Jalil. 2025. A new hadrosaurid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco provides evidence for an African radiation of lambeosaurines. Gondwana Research 145(78):142-151 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N. Bardet, N. Jalil. 2025. A new hadrosaurid dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco provides evidence for an African radiation of lambeosaurines. Gondwana Research 145(78):142-151 DOI ↗