Iani
Genus of iguanodontian dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the dinosaur. For the region on Mars, see Iani Chaos.
Iani (after Ianus) is an extinct genus of rhabdodontomorph iguanodontian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, I. smithi, known from a partial skeleton including the skull. Its discovery serves as a link between the genus Tenontosaurus and the Rhabdodontidae, with both along with Iani being members of the clade Rhabdodontomorpha.[1]
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Iani | |
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Skeletal reconstruction showing known fossil material in green | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Rhabdodontomorpha |
Genus: | †Iani Zanno et al., 2023 |
Species: | †I. smithi |
Binomial name | |
†Iani smithi Zanno et al., 2023 | |
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