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Morelladon Morelladon beltrani Gasulla et al. 2015

/mˈɔːɹlædən/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 125.8–121.4 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Spain
Region
Valenciana
Formation
Arcillas de Morella
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Spain. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Morelladon beltrani is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 125.8–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Valenciana, Spain. It was named by Gasulla et al. 2015. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Morelladon beltrani sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Morelladon
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Morelladon beltrani's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Concornis
Concornis lacustris
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predator–prey
Eoalulavis
Eoalulavis hoyasi
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predator–prey
Noguerornis
Noguerornis gonzalezi
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coexisted–with
Phuwiangosaurus
Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae
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coexisted–with
Phuwiangvenator
Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi
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coexisted–with
Baryonyx
Baryonyx walkeri
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coexisted–with
Amargasaurus
Amargasaurus cazaui
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same–clade
Hypsilophodon
Hypsilophodon foxii
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