Genus
Valid Extinct

Iani

Zanno et al. 2023

Iani is an extinct genus of rhabdodontomorph iguanodontian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, Iani smithi, known from a partial skeleton including the skull. Its discovery serves as a morphological link between the genus Tenontosaurus and Late Cretaceous members of the clade Rhabdodontomorpha.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Iani
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(PSP_002628_1760) Light-Toned Sedimentary Layers in Iani Chaos - Mariagat1959 modified fragment of photo by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona - We ♥ Mars © Mariagat1959 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Iani
Iani
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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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Rhabdodontomorpha Unranked clade
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Tenontosauridae Family
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Iani Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Cedar Mountain
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Iani smithi 101 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
L. E. Zanno, T. A. Gates, and H. V. Avrahami, R. T. Tucker, P. J. Makovicky. 2023. An early-diverging iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Rhabdodontomorpha) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. PLoS One 18(6):e0286042:1-54 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. E. Zanno, T. A. Gates, and H. V. Avrahami, R. T. Tucker, P. J. Makovicky. 2023. An early-diverging iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Rhabdodontomorpha) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. PLoS One 18(6):e0286042:1-54 DOI ↗