Genus

Valid Extinct

Canardia

Prieto-Marquez et al. 2013

Etymology Du Français ''canard'' une allusion au fait que cet animal appartient aux hadrosaures lesquels sont aussi connus sous le nom de dinosaures à bec de canard.

Canardia is an extinct genus of lambeosaurine dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Marnes d'Auzas Formation of Haute-Garonne department, in Occitanie region, southwestern France. The type species Canardia garonnensis was first described and named by Albert Prieto-Márquez, Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, Rodrigo Gaete and Àngel Galobart in 2013. It is only known from juvenile specimens.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Canardia garonnensis, MDE-Ma3–16 (holotype), right maxilla. Maxilla in lateral (A), ventral (B), medial (C), and dorsal (D) views. © Albert Prieto-Márquez, Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, Rodrigo Gaete, Àngel Galobart · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Canardia Genus

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇫🇷 France

Geological formations

Marno-calcaires jaunes de Gensac

Marnes d'Auzas

Temporal distribution

Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)

Species (1)

Canardia garonnensis 72 Ma

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crest Canada Canardia Corythosaurus Dinosauria +6

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crest Cretaceous Late Cretaceous specimen Canardia +2

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Cretaceous Late Cretaceous Canardia Dinosauria Edmontosaurus +1

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Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

A. Prieto-Marquez, F. M. D. Vecchia, and R. Gaete, A. Galobart. 2013. Diversity, relationships, and biogeography of the lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the European archipelago, with description of the new aralosaurin Canardia garonnensis. PLoS One 8(7):e69835:1-44 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Canardia

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