Genus
Valid Extinct

Adelolophus

Gates et al. 2014

Adelolophus is a genus of lambeosaurine dinosaur from Upper Cretaceous rocks in the U.S. state of Utah. The type and only known species is A. hutchisoni; the type specimen consists only of a broken maxilla. It constitutes the oldest known lambeosaur remains from North America, as well as the only known lambeosaur species from the Wahweap Formation, of which it pertains to the Upper Member. Among its relatives, it seems to be particularly similar to Parasaurolophus, rather than animals like Lambeosaurus; phylogenetic analysis confirms this, finding it in Parasaurolophini. It would have lived in a wet environment, bordering on the sea but with a more arid season during some times of the year. This environment would have been shared with a diverse variety of fish and turtles, as well as other dinosaurs like ceratopsids and tyrannosaurids.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Adelolophus
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Graphite drawing with digital retouches of the holotype (UCMP 152028) of Adelolophus hutchisoni. (A) lateral view; (B) medial view; (C) dorsolateral view. The scale bar is equal to 10 centimeters. Reference: Figure 9.2 from Gates et al. (2014).[1] © Levi Martinez-Reza · 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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Adelolophus Genus
Measurements
Length
8,2 m ⓘ
Adelolophus hutchisoni
Mass
3 100 kg ⓘ
Adelolophus hutchisoni
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Wahweap
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Adelolophus hutchisoni 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
T. A. Gates, Z. Jinnah, and C. Levitt, M. A. Getty. 2014. New hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah. Hadrosaurs
Bibliography (1)
T. A. Gates, Z. Jinnah, and C. Levitt, M. A. Getty. 2014. New hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah. Hadrosaurs