Penelopognathus

Pe-nel-o-po-nay-fus.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Penelopognathus ‭(‬Penelope’s jaw‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pe-nel-o-po-nay-fus.

Named By

P.‭ ‬Godefroit,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Li,‭ & ‬C.-Y.‭ ‬Shang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Ornithopoda,‭ ‬Iguanodontia,‭ ‬Hadrosauroidea.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬weishampeli‭

Size

Unknown.

Known locations

Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bayan Gobi Formation.

Time Period

Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial jaw.

In Depth

       Penelopognathus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in Mongolia during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Unfortunately,‭ ‬because only a partial jaw of this dinosaur has been recovered,‭ ‬not much is known about Penelopognathus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new primitive hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia‭ (‬P.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬China‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Comptes Rendus Palevol‭ ‬4‭(‬8‭)‬:697-705.‭ ‬-‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Godefroit,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Li,‭ & ‬C.-Y.‭ ‬Shang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.

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