Tlatolophus
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Tlatolophus
DV-1162 · type species Tlatolophus galorum
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- Mexico
- Named by
- Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2021
Field notes
About Tlatolophus
Tlatolophus 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 1 find of Tlatolophus, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation. It was named by Ramírez-Velasco et al. in 2021.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. A. Ramírez-Velasco, F. J. Aguilar, and R. Hernández-Rivera, J. L. G. Maussán, M. L. Rodríguez, J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2021. Tlatolophus galorum, gen. et sp. nov., a parasaurolophini dinosaur from the upper Campanian of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, northern Mexico. Cretaceous Research