Morelladon
Field photograph to come
Morelladon
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- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Gasulla et al. 2015
Field notes
About Morelladon
Morelladon was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Morelladon, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Arcillas de Morella Formation. It was named by Gasulla et al. in 2015.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, and I. Narváez, F. Ortega, J. L. Sanz. 2015. A new sail-backed styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain. PLoS One 10(12):e0144167