Jintasaurus You and Li 2009 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: H.-L. You and D.-Q. Li. 2009. A new basal hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:949-957

Parent taxon: Hadrosauroidea according to P. Cruzado-Caballero and J. E. Powell 2017

See also Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012 and You et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Bactrosaurus, Batyrosaurus, Cedrorestes, Claosaurus, Datonglong, Eolambia, Equijubus, Fukuisaurus, Fylax, Gilmoreosaurus, Gobihadros, Gongpoquansaurus, Gonkoken, Hadrosauridae, Huehuecanauhtlus, Iguanodon hillii, Jeyawati, Koshisaurus, Levnesovia, Morelladon, Nanningosaurus, Nanyangosaurus, Ovaloolithidae, Penelopognathus, Plesiohadros, Portellsaurus, Probactrosaurus, Protohadros, Ratchasimasaurus, Shuangmiaosaurus, Sirindhorna, Spheroolithidae, Tanius, Telmatosaurus, Tethyshadros, Trachodon cantabrigiensis, Xuwulong, Yunganglong, Zhanghenglong, Zuoyunlong

Subtaxa: Jintasaurus meniscus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiuquan area (Cretaceous of China)

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