Altirhinus
"high snout"
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CLASSIFICATION

Altirhinus Norman, 1998
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. kurzanovi Norman, 1998 "Kurzanov's high snout"

    MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
  • A. orientalis (Rozhdestvensky, 1952) (originally Iguanodon) == I. bernissartensis == Altirhinus kurzanovi 
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Hadrosauroidea

see also: Genus Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 8 m

see also: World Records

TIME

Early Cretaceous

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

Mongolia

see also: Paleo-Maps

ESSAY

This bulbous-snouted iguanodont was previously referred to Iguanodon orientalis. It shows some hadrosaurid-like features.

IMAGES

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BRENDAN SMITH

Photography

 [THUMBNAIL] the skull of Altirhinus kurzanovi

see also: Art Gallery

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