Magnapaulia

Field photograph to come

DV-0827El Gallo Fm., Mexico

Magnapaulia

DV-0827

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
Found in
Mexico
Named by
Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012

Field notes

About Magnapaulia

Magnapaulia was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Magnapaulia, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the El Gallo Formation. It was named by Prieto-Marquez et al. in 2012.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Prieto-Marquez, L. M. Chiappe, and S. H. Joshi. 2012. The lambeosaurine dinosaur Magnapaulia laticaudus from the Late Cretaceous of Baja California, northwestern Mexico. PLoS ONE 7(6):e38207:1-32