Iani Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), ~
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Skeletal reconstruction showing known fossil material in green | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Clade: | †Rhabdodontomorpha |
Genus: | †Iani Zanno et al., 2023 |
Species: | †I. smithi
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Binomial name | |
†Iani smithi Zanno et al., 2023
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Iani (after Ianus) is an extinct genus of rhabdodontomorph iguanodontian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, I. smithi, known from a partial skeleton including the skull. Its discovery serves as a link between the genus Tenontosaurus and the Rhabdodontidae, with both along with Iani being members of the clade Rhabdodontomorpha.[1]