Rhabdodon
Rhabdodon priscus
Rhabdodon (meaning "fluted tooth") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in Europe approximately 72-69 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. The genus contains a single species, R. priscus. It is similar in build to a very robust "hypsilophodont" (non-iguanodont ornithopod), though all modern phylogenetic analyses find this to be an unnatural grouping, and Rhabdodon to be a basal member of Iguanodontia. It was large amongst its relatives, measuring 4 m (13 ft) long and weighing 250 kg (550 lb), with some specimens possibly reaching up to 6 m (20 ft) long.
- Family
- Rhabdodontidae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (70.6–66.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 4.0–6.0 m
- Weight
- 600–900 kg
- Type locality
- Marnes de Rousset, France
- Holotype
- MCSNB 4796
- PBDB
- txn:38753