Outline: a typical ornithopod
Koutalisaurus
Type species Koutalisaurus kohlerorum
- Lived
- Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Named by
- Prieto-Márquez et al. 2006
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Fossil record
Les Llaus, Lleida, Spain
Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous
This genus was named for an isolated lower jaw. Some studies regard it as Pararhabdodon, while later work compares it as a separate genus. Its distinctness remains disputed.
No finds with map coordinates are recorded yet.
Field notes
About Koutalisaurus
Koutalisaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod from the Late Cretaceous. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.
It was named by Prieto-Márquez et al. in 2006.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: A. Prieto-Márquez, R. Gaete, and G. Rivas, À. Galobart, M. Boada. 2006. Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Spain: Pararhabdodon isonensis revisited and Koutalisaurus kohlerorum, gen. et. sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):929-943