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Ornithischia with gastroliths

Here are all Ornithischia with gastroliths I know. 
I would be very happy to learn about more finds ;-)

                        ORNITHISCHIA

        Ceratopsia
Psittacosaurus          (Osborn, 1924; Brown, 1941; Sereno, 1990)

        Ankylosauria
Panoplosaurus           (Carpenter, 1990; Carpenter, 1997)

        Iguanodontia
Iguanodon               (Rivett, 1953; Rivett, 1956)

        Hadrosauridae
Claosaurus              (Brown, 1907)


References:

Brown, B. (1907): Gastroliths.- Science, N.S., 25(636), p. 392.

Brown, B. (1941): The last of the dinosaurs.- Nat. Hist., 48, pp.
290-295 (288-295?).

Carpenter, K. (1990): Ankylosaur systematics: Example using
Panoplosaurus and Edmontonia (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae).- In: K.
Carpenter & P.J. Currie (Eds.): Dinosaur Systematics: Approaches and
Perspectives, University Cambridge Press, pp. 281-298, Cambridge.

Carpenter, K. (1997): Ankylosaurs.- In: J.O. Farlow & M.K. Brett-Surman
(Eds.): The Complete Dinosaur,  Indiana University Press, pp. 307-316,
Bloomington and Indianapolis.

Osborn, H.F. (1924): Psittacosaurus and Protiguanodon: two Lower
Cretaceous iguanodonts from Mongolia.- American Museum Noviates, 127,
pp. 1-16.

Rivett, W.H.E. (1953): Saurian remains from the Weald Clay at Ockley,
Surrey.- South Eastern Naturalist, 58, pp. 36-37.

Rivett, W.H.E. (1956): Reptilian bones from the Weald Clay.- Proceedings
of the Geological Society of London, 1540, pp. 110-111.

Sereno, P.C. (1990): Psittacosauridae.- In: D.B. Weishampel, P. Dodson &
H. Osmolska (Eds.): The Dinosauria, University of California Press, pp.
579-592, Berkeley.

Hope, this helps.

Regards,

Oliver

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Dino Guy and a Lady wrote:
> 
> The _Lourinhasaurus_ paper at
> 
> > http://homepage.altavista.com/lourinhanosaurus/la_index.html
> 
> mentions that gastroliths have been associated with ornithopods.  I was 
> unaware of this.  Could anyone fill me in on the ornithopods and their 
> gastroliths?
> 
> -- Ralph W. Miller III   ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu

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