Description | Arenysaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (66 million years ago), being one of the last non-avian dinosaurs and it went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. It is known from a partial skull and skeleton found in the late Maastrichtian-age Tremp Formation of the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain. The type species is A. ardevoli, described in 2009 by Pereda-Suberbiola et al., a group of researchers from Spain. The genus name refers to ArĂ©n, where it was found, and the specific epithet honours geologist LluĂs Ardèvol. The estimated body length of Arenysaurus is 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 ft). Arenysaurus was a lambeosaurine, a member of the hadrosaurid subfamily with hollow cranial crests. Arenysaurus is one of the most complete and best dated ever found in the Late Cretaceous period.
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae : Arenysaurus : Arenysaurus ardevoli |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Arenysaurus : Arenysaurus ardevoli |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Arenysaurus |
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Scientific Name | Arenysaurus ardevoli Pereda-Suberbiola et al., 2009 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Arenysaurus ardevoli | species | belongs to Arenysaurus | stated with evidence | Pereda-Suberbiola et al., 2009 | Arenysaurus ardevoli | species | belongs to Arenysaurus | stated without evidence | Dalla Vecchia, 2009 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Ornithischia) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Ornithischia) |
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Diet | herbivore (based on Ornithopoda) |
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Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia) |
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Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | X. Pereda-Suberbiola, J. I. Canudo, and P. Cruzado-Caballero, J. L. Barco, N. LĂłpez-MartĂnez, O. Oms, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca. 2009. The last hadrosaurid dinosaurs of Europe: a new lambeosaurine from the uppermost Cretaceous of Aren (Huesca, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8:559-572 |
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Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenysaurus_ardevoli |
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Dalla Vecchia F. M., Gaete R., et al (2014) The hadrosaurid record in the Maastrichtian of the eastern Tremp Syncline (Northern Spain), Hadrosaurs, 298-314 |
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Cruzado-Caballero P., Powell J. E. (2017) Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis, a new hadrosaurine dinosaur from South America: implications for phylogenetic and biogeographic relations with North America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 2, e1289381:1-16 doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1289381 |
Párraga J., Prieto-Márquez A. (2019) Pareisactus evrostos, a new basal iguanodontian (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southwestern Europe, Zootaxa 4555 2, 247-258 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.5 |
X. Pereda-Suberbiola, J. I. Canudo, P. Cruzado-Caballero, J. L. Barco, N. LĂłpez-MartĂnez, O. Oms, J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009) The last hadrosaurid dinosaurs of Europe: a new lambeosaurine from the uppermost Cretaceous of Aren (Huesca, Spain): Comptes Rendus Palevol: 559--572 (10.1016/j.crpv.20009.05.002) - via Catalogue of Life |