Iani
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.
| 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: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Rhabdodontomorpha |
| Genus: | †Iani Zanno et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †I. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Iani smithi Zanno et al., 2023 | |
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