†Hadrosaurus Leidy 1858 (hadrosaurid)
Reptilia - Neornithischia - Hadrosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 38762
Alternative spellings: Hydrosaurus, Madrosaurus
Synonym: Ornithotarsus Cope 1869 (taxon 63883)
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. [On the bones of a huge herbivorous saurian near Haddonfield]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:215-218
Parent taxon: Brachylophosaurini according to P. Cruzado-Caballero and J. E. Powell 2017
Sister taxa: Acristavus, Brachylophosaurus, Maiasaura, Probrachylophosaurus, Wulagasaurus
Subtaxa: Hadrosaurus foulkii
Type: Hadrosaurus foulkii
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore