Species
Valid Extinct

Velafrons coahuilensis

Gates et al. 2007

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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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Corythosaurini Tribe
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Velafrons Genus
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Velafrons coahuilensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
2
Geological formations
Cerro del Pueblo
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
T. A. Gates, S. D. Sampson, and C. R. Delgado de Jesús, L. E. Zanno, D. A. Eberth, E. Hernández-Rivera, M. C. Aguillón Martínez, J. I. Kirkland. 2007. Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):917-930 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
S. Rybakiewicz, H. E. Rivera-Sylva, and W. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey, J. R. Guzmán-Gutiérrez, R. Vivas González, R. L. Nava Rodríguez, J. M. Padilla-Gutiérrez. 2019. Hadrosaurs from Cañada Ancha (Cerro del Pueblo Formation; upper Campanian-?lower Maastrichtian), Coahuila, northeastern Mexico. Cretaceous Research 104:104199 DOI ↗
T. A. Gates, S. D. Sampson, and C. R. Delgado de Jesús, L. E. Zanno, D. A. Eberth, E. Hernández-Rivera, M. C. Aguillón Martínez, J. I. Kirkland. 2007. Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):917-930 DOI ↗