Proa (dinosaur)

Proa
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 112 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Clade: Hadrosauriformes
Genus: Proa
McDonald et al., 2012
Type species
Proa valdearinnoensis
McDonald et al., 2012

Proa is an extinct genus of styracosternan iguanodont known from the Early Cretaceous Escucha Formation (lower Albian stage) of Teruel Province, Spain. It contains a single species, Proa valdearinnoensis.[1]

References

  1. Andrew T. McDonald, Eduardo Espílez, Luis Mampel, James I. Kirkland and Luis Alcalá (2012). "An unusual new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Teruel, Spain" (PDF). Zootaxa 3595: 61–76.
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