Emiliasaura
Sign in to saveEmiliasaura (meaning "Emilia's lizard") is an extinct genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) Mulichinco Formation of Neuquén Province, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Emiliasaura alessandrii, known from three individual specimens. Emiliasaura was initially described as a rhabdodontomorph. If this identification is correct, it would represent the oldest member of this clade and the first named from South America. However, a later analysis of rhabdodontomorphs failed to recover Emiliasaura within this clade, instead placing it as a sty
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Dinosaur genera, Dinosaurs of Argentina and Fossil taxa described in 2025.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Iguanodontia
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- Emiliasaura alessandrii.png
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- time period
- Early Cretaceous
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- Description
- Classification
- Paleoenvironment
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Emiliasaura (meaning "Emilia's lizard") is an extinct genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) Mulichinco Formation of Neuquén Province, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Emiliasaura alessandrii, known from three individual specimens. Emiliasaura was initially described as a rhabdodontomorph. If this identification is correct, it would represent the oldest member of this clade and the first named from South America. However, a later analysis of rhabdodontomorphs failed to recover Emiliasaura within this clade, instead placing it as a styracosternan.
== Discovery and naming ==
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