Morelladon Gasulla et al. 2015 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, I. Narváez, F. Ortega, and J. L. Sanz. 2015. A new sail-backed styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain. PLoS One 10(12):e0144167

Parent taxon: Hadrosauroidea according to F. J. Verdú et al. 2016

See also Gasca et al. 2016 and Gasulla et al. 2015

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

Subtaxa: Morelladon beltrani

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Morella (Cretaceous of Spain)

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