Species
Valid Extinct

Ouranosaurus nigeriensis

Taquet 1972

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
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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Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Ouranosaurus Genus
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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