Taleta
Sign in to saveTaleta (meaning "three") is an extinct genus of lambeosaurine ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Taleta taleta, known from two upper jaw bones. It is the third member of the clade Arenysaurini found from this locality, after Ajnabia and Minqaria.
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Taleta (meaning "three") is an extinct genus of lambeosaurine ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Taleta taleta, known from two upper jaw bones. It is the third member of the clade Arenysaurini found from this locality, after Ajnabia and Minqaria.
== Discovery and naming == thumb|left|Locations of lambeosaurine discoveries in Morocco; Taleta was found at the 'Sidi Chennane' locality The Taleta holotype specimen, MHNM.KH.1557, was discovered in a layer of the Oulad Abdoun Basin (upper Couche III, Sidi Chennane locality) of Morocco. The specimen consists of a partial left and right (upper jaw bone). The bones were found in association and exhibit comparable preservation and morphology, implying they came from the same individual.
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