Genus
Valid Extinct

Altirhinus

Norman 1998

Altirhinus is a genus of hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Mongolia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Altirhinus
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skull of iguanodontian Altirhinus kurzanovi © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
Altirhinus
Altirhinus
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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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Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Altirhinus Genus
Measurements
Length
7,9 m ⓘ
Altirhinus kurzanovi
Mass
2 200 kg ⓘ
Altirhinus kurzanovi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Khuren Dukh
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Altirhinus kurzanovi 110 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
D. B. Norman. 1998. On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). 3. A new species of iguanodontid dinosaur. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 122:291-348 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. M. Kurzanov. 1976. Noviy pozdnemelovoy karnozavr is Nogon-Tsava, Mongoliya [A new late Mesozoic carnosaur from Nogon-Tsav, Mongolia]. Paleontology and Biostratigraphy of Mongolia. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition, Transactions 3:93-104