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We thank the Huffines family and Robert Kimball of HC LOBF for granting land access to conduct work at the Arlington Archosaur Site. P. Kirchhoff and B. Walker, A. Sahlstein and B. Carter all donated the specimens discussed herein. The PaleoMap Project, the Earthwatch Institute, the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, and the Jurassic Foundation provided research funds; and the Dallas Paleontological Society and the Western Interior Paleontological Society provided scholarships to DJM. We heartily thank Arlington Archosaur Site project volunteers A. Sahlstein, R. Fry, A. Miramontes, D. Sumerfelt, B. Carter, A. Osen, R. Colvin, R. Zack, P. Scoggins, J. Beeck, N. Campbell, C. K. Bingman, N. Van Vranken, and T. Dalbey, along with members of the Dallas Paleontological Society and UTA Dinosaurs class students for their assistance excavating the Dinosaur Quarry at the AAS. We include here a special note of thanks to A. Miramontes for his preparation of the specimens discussed herein; his patience and dedication in the lab made much of this study possible. F. M. Dalla Vecchia and J. Kirkland provided important literature references, comments, and advice. Many thanks go to A. McDonald for viewing images of AAS fossils and offering his insight, and for providing data and literature on Eolambia; K. Poole for discussing iguanodontian cladistics,;and D. Tanke for reviewing AAS fossils and providing comments. T. Ford for provided the excellent paleo-artwork. This work would not have been possible without L. Jacobs and D. Winkler at the Shuler Museum of Paleontology at Southern Methodist University for providing access to the Protohadros type specimen. We would also like to thank the editors and one anonymous reviewer for their detailed critique of the original manuscript. Their efforts significantly improved this work.