Iani (Named after the two-faced roman deity Ianus) is a genus of ornithopod from the Late Cretaceous of North America in the Cedar Mountain Formation, 99 million years ago. It was the member of Rhabdonitidae which was a family of advanced ornithopods from the late cretaceous that had hadrosaur like beaks. The Iani holotype specimen, NCSM 29373, was discovered in 2014 in sediments of the Cedar Mountain Formation in Utah. The specimen consists of a partial skeleton including a nearly complete, disarticulated skull, dorsal and caudal vertebrae, haemal arches, partial pectoral and pelvic girdles, and the right arm & leg.
All known fossil material of lani in green
An artists depiction of Iani smithi