Species
Valid Extinct

Ouranosaurus nigeriensis

Taquet 1972

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
Ouranosaurus Genus
Ouranosaurus nigeriensis Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇪 Niger
4
🇹🇳 Tunisia
1
Geological formations
Elrhaz
4
Aïn el Guettar
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
P. Taquet. 1972. Il giacimento di Gadoufaoua [The locality of Gadoufaoua]. I Dinosauri del Teneré 41:51-60
Bibliography (3)
P. Taquet. 2010. The dinosaurs of Maghreb: the history of their discovery. Historical Biology 22(1–3):88-99 DOI ↗
P. Taquet. 1976. Géologie et Paléontologie du Gisement de Gadoufaoua (Aptien du Niger) [Geology and Paleontology of the Gadoufaoua Locality (Aptian of Niger)]. Cahiers de Paléontologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris DOI ↗
P. Taquet. 1972. Il giacimento di Gadoufaoua [The locality of Gadoufaoua]. I Dinosauri del Teneré 41:51-60