Huehuecanauhtlus

ancient duck

• huehue · Nahuatl · old, ancient
• canauhtli · Nahuatl · duck

The name combines the Nahuatl words "huehue" (old or ancient) and "canauhtli" (duck), giving "ancient duck". It is a reference to its being an early duck-billed (hadrosauroid) dinosaur, and the Nahuatl roots honour the Mexican origin of the fossils. The type species is Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis, named after the Tiquicheo area.

Named by

Ramírez-Velasco et al.

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Tiquicheo area, Michoacán, Mexico

A basal hadrosauroid (duck-billed dinosaur relative) from southwestern Mexico. The pronunciation is an approximation of the Nahuatl-derived name.