Genus

Valid Extinct

Ornatops

McDonald et al. 2021

Ornatops is a genus of brachylophosaurin saurolophine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico, United States. The genus contains a single species, Ornatops incantatus.

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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Braincase of WSC 10058, holotype of Ornatops Braincase of Ornatops incantatus in digital 3D model in right lateral (A and C) and left lateral (D and F) views, with enlarged images of the right (B) and left (E) auditory regions. Credit: McDonald AT, Wolfe DG, Freedman Fowler EA, Gates TA. 2021. A new brachylophosaurin (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. PeerJ 9:e11084 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11084 © Kingmeatballs · 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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Hadrosaurinae Subfamily

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Brachylophosaurini Unranked clade

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Ornatops Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Menefee

Temporal distribution

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Ornatops incantatus 84 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

A. T. McDonald, D. G. Wolfe, and E. A. Freedman Fowler, T. A. Gates. 2021. A new brachylophosaurin (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. PeerJ 9:e11084:1-28 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

Ornatops

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