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Hadrosauroidea ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	52811	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=52811

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauroidea

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Ornithischia
-	Neornithischia
-	Ornithopoda
-	Iguanodontia
-	Dryomorpha	Sereno 1986
-	Ankylopollexia	Sereno 1986
-	Styracosterna	Sereno 1986
-	Hadrosauriformes	Sereno 1997
superfamily	Hadrosauroidea

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Ornithopoda	stated without evidence	Huene, 1954
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Iguanodontoidea	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1986
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated without evidence	Sereno, 1997
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Ankylopollexia	stated without evidence	Godefroit et al., 1998
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated with evidence	Sereno, 1998
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated without evidence	You et al., 2003
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Iguanodontia	stated without evidence	You et al., 2003
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated without evidence	Godefroit et al., 2004
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Iguanodontia	stated without evidence	Ruiz-Omeñaca et al., 2007
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated with evidence	McDonald et al., 2010
Hadrosauroidea	unranked clade	belongs to Iguanodontoidea	stated with evidence	Wang et al., 2011
Hadrosauroidea	unranked clade	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated with evidence	McDonald, 2012
Hadrosauroidea	unranked clade	belongs to Iguanodontoidea	stated without evidence	Ramírez-Velasco et al., 2012
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated with evidence	Wang et al., 2013
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated without evidence	Shibata et al., 2015
Hadrosauroidea	superfamily	belongs to Ornithopoda	stated without evidence	Zhang et al., 2017
Hadrosauroidea	unranked clade	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated with evidence	Cruzado-Caballero and Powell, 2017
Hadrosauroidea	unranked clade	belongs to Hadrosauriformes	stated without evidence	Wang et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

237

First Recorded Appearance

174 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ornithischia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ornithischia)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ornithopoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. v. Huene. 1954. Die Saurierwelt und ihre Geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge [The World of Reptiles and the History of Their Interrelationships]. 2nd, revised edition

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hadrosauridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Hadrosaurid	1,365	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ovaloolithidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)		26	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spheroolithidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)		65	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bactrosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Batyrosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cedrorestes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Claosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Datonglong ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eolambia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		7	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Equijubus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Fukuisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gilmoreosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gobihadros ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		6	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gongpoquansaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Huehuecanauhtlus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Jeyawati ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Jintasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Koshisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Levnesovia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nanningosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nanyangosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Penelopognathus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plesiohadros ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Probactrosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Protohadros ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Shuangmiaosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sirindhorna ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tanius ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		5	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Telmatosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tethyshadros ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Xuwulong ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Yunganglong ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zhanghenglong ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zuoyunlong ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saurolophidae ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1888	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Lydekker p. 47
1890	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Woodward and Sherborn p. 292
1890	Hadrosaurus cantabrigiensis Zittel p. 765
1892	Iguanodon hillii Newton
1900	Hadrosaurus cantabrigiensis Nopcsa p. 557
1900	Limnosaurus hilli Nopcsa p. 558
1900	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Van Den Broeck p. 87
1904	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Lydekker p. 61
1909	Trachodon cantabridgiensis Sauvage p. 377
1915	Orthomerus hilli Nopcsa p. 8
1915	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Nopcsa p. 17
1927	Trachodon cantabriensis Huene p. 271
1954	Hadrosauroidea Huene p. 49
1964	Orthomerus hilli Kuhn p. 24
1964	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Kuhn p. 28
1970	Anatosaurus cantabrigiensis Swinton p. 227
1975	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Taquet p. 508
1980	Trachodon cantabrigiensis Buffetaut et al. p. 201
1981	Craspedodon hillii Bartholomai and Molnar p. 343
1982	Arstanosaurus akkurganensis Shilin and Suslov p. 132 fig. 1
1983	Craspedodon hilli Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1983	Telmatosaurus cantabrigiensis Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44

Year	Name and Author
1986	Hadrosauroidea Sereno
1997	Arstanosaurus akkurganensis Ryan p. 443
1997	Hadrosauroidea Sereno p. 443
1998	Hadrosauroidea Godefroit et al. pp. 7, 50 fig. 38
1998	Hadrosauroidea Sereno p. 62
1999	Hadrosauroidea Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2003	Hadrosauroidea You et al. p. 152 fig. 3
2003	Hadrosauroidea You et al. p. 351 fig. 3
2004	Hadrosauroidea Godefroit et al. p. 141
2007	Hadrosauroidea Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 8
2010	Hadrosauroidea McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2010	Hadrosauroidea McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10
2011	Hadrosauroidea Wang et al. p. 155 fig. 11
2012	Hadrosauroidea McDonald p. 2
2012	Hadrosauroidea Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 390
2013	Hadrosauroidea Wang et al. p. 3
2015	Hadrosauroidea Shibata and Azuma
2015	Hadrosauroidea Shibata et al.
2017	Hadrosauroidea Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 12 fig. 13
2017	Hadrosauroidea Wang et al.
2017	Hadrosauroidea Zhang et al.

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Lydekker R. Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44, 46-61

Woodward A. S., Sherborn C. D. , A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London, 1-396

Zittel K. A. v. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)], xii-900

Newton E. T. Note on an iguanodont tooth from the lower Chalk ("Totternhoe Stone"), near Hitchin, Geological Magazine, new series, decade 3 9, 49-50

Nopcsa B. F. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenbürgen (Schädel von Limnosaurus transsylvanicus nov. gen. et spec.) [Dinosaur remains from Transylvania (skull of Limnosaurus transsylvanicus nov. gen. et spec.)], Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 68, 555-591

Van Den Broeck E. Les dépôts à Iguanodons de Bernissart et leur transfert dans l’étage Purbeckien ou Aquilonien du Jurassique supérieur. Exposé comprenant une revue de la faune des vertébrés du Purbeckien et du Wealdien dans le sud-est de l’Angleterre [The Iguanodon deposits of Bernissart and their transfer to the Purbeckian or Aquilonian stage of the Upper Jurassic. Presentation including a review of the vertebrate fauna of the Purbeckian and Wealden of southeast England ], Mémoires de la Société Belge de Géologie de Paléontologie et d’Hydrologie 14, 39-112

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