Ornithotarsus
Hadrosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ornithotarsus (lit. 'bird ankle') is a genus of hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now the Merchantville Formation about 84 million to 78 million years ago.
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Ornithotarsus | |
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Holotype of Ornithotarsus immanis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
Genus: | †Ornithotarsus Cope, 1869 |
Species: | †O. immanis |
Binomial name | |
†Ornithotarsus immanis Cope, 1869 | |
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